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I upgrade to W8 Pro on 26 Oct. I know Media Center is not included in the upgrade so I tried to use the add features but the price is $9.99. I was also informed that a FREE download of Media Center would be available till 13 Jan 2013.

Is there something special that I missed about Media Center.

Thanks
 

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According to what I have read, you have register and get an email from Microsoft with your key to get Windows Media Center add-in
for free
 

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I upgrade to W8 Pro on 26 Oct. I know Media Center is not included in the upgrade so I tried to use the add features but the price is $9.99. I was also informed that a FREE download of Media Center would be available till 13 Jan 2013.

Is there something special that I missed about Media Center.

Thanks

You just missed the announcement to get the Free WMC which is at link posted.

Jim :cool:
 

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    AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
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Can take up to two days for the email to arrive.
 

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    Windows 8.1
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    Asus Tansformer Book Flip TP500LN
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    Intel i5-4210U
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    8GB DDR3 SDRAM
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    Nvidia Geforce GT 840M
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    15" Touchscreen
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    1366 x 768
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    1TB Hybrid
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000
2 days? For me it's been a week and a half dozen requests! What can the problem be?
 

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    WIndows 8 Pro
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    ABit Ab9QuadGT
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    Intel E6600 Core2 Duo
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    ABit Ab9QuadGT
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    4gigs Patriot DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 560ti SC
Are you sure it's not going into your spam folder? Does your mail provider filter spam for you?

You might try creating a Hotmail or outlook.com account and submitting that. You have to realize, however, that they're being inundated with requests and Windows 8 has just been released.
 

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    16GB DDR3 1600
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    nVidia GTX 650
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    Onboard Audio
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    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
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    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
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    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
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    Logitech MX
Youre not missing much ..Windows Media Centre in Windows 8 seems identical to Windows 7
 

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    I5 Intel Pentium 2500K
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    Kingston 16 GB
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    Onboard
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    AOC 18"
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    5 Samsung /Hitachi drives ...inc 2 external backups
    2 TB total
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    850 watts OCZ
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    ICute Silver
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    BE Quiet Dark Rock Advanced Overclocker Heatsink
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    60 Meg
And Media Pack doesn't add DV playback to WMP... if you want DVD then just download VLC or Classic Media player.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus Tansformer Book Flip TP500LN
    CPU
    Intel i5-4210U
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce GT 840M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15" Touchscreen
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    1TB Hybrid
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000
Youre not missing much ..Windows Media Centre in Windows 8 seems identical to Windows 7

it's not identical.

the internet stuff is missing (so things like no streaming from CBS).

the setup has been altered. it's actually streamlined and faster. I have 3 digital tuners and 1 analog tuner and setup was much faster than in Windows 7.

WMC8 is also more responsive than WMC7. Maybe it's because they took out the Internet stuff?

Netflix in WMC appears the same. The overall look and UI is the same.
 

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Mystere:

Thanks. I finally got the key from MS after a week.
 

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    WIndows 8 Pro
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    ABit Ab9QuadGT
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    Intel E6600 Core2 Duo
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    ABit Ab9QuadGT
    Memory
    4gigs Patriot DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 560ti SC
Hi

I tried to get the free Media centre offer.
All I got was we can't process your order,
No why no other information.

????

Stewart
 

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  • OS
    win 8
try a different email address.

I actually took it off (which requires a few steps), because all i needed it for was DVD playback, which I'm now using VLC for.

Hopefully someone makes a Windows Store DVD playback app. I would actually pay money and buy it.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus Tansformer Book Flip TP500LN
    CPU
    Intel i5-4210U
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce GT 840M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15" Touchscreen
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    1TB Hybrid
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000
I wonder why MS are giving up on some of their good products.
It makes me feel they are loosing their way.
Stewart

The Windows 8 start screen is basically WMC.

Aside from the fact there's no DVD playback, no TV recording, etc...
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus Tansformer Book Flip TP500LN
    CPU
    Intel i5-4210U
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce GT 840M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15" Touchscreen
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    1TB Hybrid
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000
Hi mine is now working
The problem after getting the key thanks to MS.
Was a piece of software I had not knowingly put on my machine.
NALPERION a software licencing module comes with Adobe pdf type apps.
MS tech disabled it and we were able to complete the installation which took ages. Why???

Stewart
 

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  • OS
    win 8
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