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bshiers82501

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WTB: Windows 8.1 Pro Media Center pack key

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Post by bshiers82501 » Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:19 am

PM me for details windows 7 media center too buggy upgraded to Windows 8.1 but can't get the MC key anymore :(

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Post by Crash2009 » Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:57 am

bshiers82501 wrote:PM me for details windows 7 media center too buggy upgraded to Windows 8.1 but can't get the MC key anymore :(
I heard those keys are rare, if you cant find one...try Win10

http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/viewforum.php?f=97

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Post by STC » Sat Jan 14, 2017 3:20 am

bshiers82501 wrote:...windows 7 media center too buggy...
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Post by mdavej » Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:05 pm

LOL. 8.1 WMC has exactly the same bugs as 7. What have you accomplished by "upgrading"?

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Post by Crash2009 » Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:22 pm

Plus, a couple features were removed in the Win8.1 version of WMC.

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Post by mcewinter » Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:51 pm

Crash2009 wrote:
bshiers82501 wrote:PM me for details windows 7 media center too buggy upgraded to Windows 8.1 but can't get the MC key anymore :(
I heard those keys are rare, if you cant find one...try Win10

http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/viewforum.php?f=97
...or reinstall W7 which actually contains Media Center. Forgive me for pointing out the obvious.

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Post by DavidinCT » Tue Jan 24, 2017 8:34 pm

FInd a Windws 7 sp1 ISO, install that, disable updates (unless you need something like .net and ONLY do updates for the .net).... Then setup WMC, done. The most stable WMC machine you can own. I gave up doing updates as every few months a update would come down that would cause some issue or another.

Microsoft killed of WMC, so they do very limited testing on WMC for new updates, and this is why it comes unstable.
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