Enterprise with Windows Media Centre?

FatRakoon

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Just a thought.

My Media PC is running Win 8.1 64 Bit with MediaCenter.

If I was to buy the Enterprise version of 7 or 8.1 ( Dont mind which ) can I then install MediaCenter into it?

I am aware, that the enterprise versions of Windows do not do the update to Windows 10 do they?

Again... Just a thought.
 
Hmm... Im looking for an emoticon that shows devastation!

Never mind. It was a thought, that is clearly just a passing one now.

I was rather hoping, purely in that maybe it is available as a stand alone package...
I will admit that I had fears because I have had to buy a 8.1 With MCE licence rather than simply add it to an 8.1 licence too, so why I thought I could do the same to an enterprise version I dont know? LOL

Thank you.
 
I specifically said Windows 7. I know how it is distributed with Windows 8 and not with 10.
 
What's the actual question? You seem to have Windows with Media Center at the moment so why not just keep that running?

If you're building a new machine then put your efforts into testing MCE replacements, the writing has been on the wall with regards to that piece of software for years now.
 
russell664 said:
Microsoft has changed how Media Centre is disterbuted since then unfortunately.

The only way to get WMC on Windows 8, is on the Pro edition only, as an addon.

However, I was gutted that they removed WMC on Windows 10. :( :mad:
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You can install media centre on Windows 10. I'm using it and it works fine.
 
mrochester said:
You can install media centre on Windows 10. I'm using it and it works fine.
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Oh?

You can install it on 10?

Ok, how do I go about that then? Can I just D/L a .exe / .msi and go with that?

I have no problems with 10 on the Media PC, but since we use WMC and I have found nothing that even comes close to its ease and seamlessness, plus the fact that is works EXACTLY as I like it to, I was a bit iffy with going to 10.

I have even thrown Windows XP MCE into my smaller one because that works just perfectly.

Ok, I will try to D/L a frsh installer for MediaCentre, and put W10 onto the MediaCenter for a bit, to give it a test.

I think I will ghost the disk first however.

( thats sounds a bit more like "THE MOB" than I meant it... I meant Norton Ghost rather than concrete shoes. LOL )
 
FatRakoon said:
Oh?

You can install it on 10?

Ok, how do I go about that then? Can I just D/L a .exe / .msi and go with that?

I have no problems with 10 on the Media PC, but since we use WMC and I have found nothing that even comes close to its ease and seamlessness, plus the fact that is works EXACTLY as I like it to, I was a bit iffy with going to 10.

I have even thrown Windows XP MCE into my smaller one because that works just perfectly.

Ok, I will try to D/L a frsh installer for MediaCentre, and put W10 onto the MediaCenter for a bit, to give it a test.

I think I will ghost the disk first however.

( thats sounds a bit more like "THE MOB" than I meant it... I meant Norton Ghost rather than concrete shoes. LOL )
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http://lifehacker.com/get-windows-media-center-running-on-windows-10-with-a-f-1729919907

The only thing that doesn't work for me is pressing the green media centre button on the remote doesn't open media centre.
 
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