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Seems I have some missing/ corrupted drivers. GamefirstII & GPU for a start so I'm sure I'll find others over the next few hours and days. Had 50 windows updates which I'm running through now but otherwise all seems good. I'm certainly back to the OEM version anyway. Many thanks for all your...

Ok so took a few deep breaths and went for it. All seems good. I've had an error message about a program (ROG Gamefirst) it wants me to re-install but other than that all seems fine. Time to road test!! Thank you all so much for your help. I'll report back after some testing Fritz

Its the full install DVD. It's the one I originally installed the OS on this PC from

Thanks, that's how I read it too. Wouldn't my original install DVD do for the media? I'm just making a direct copy of my C drive to the F drive (external) so I can refer back in case this should fail for some reason. Fritz

Yes, nearly missed the WMC extension bit!! Thank you. Also I assume this will only affect my C drive, all other drives will remain intact? I have C - SSD with OS, some games and a few programs that I use alot; E - internal HDD for storage & programs; F - external drive for movies, photos...

Ok so do I understand correctly that the 8forums 16077 link you have provided is to remove MC from win 8 Pro with MC and revert back to win 8 Pro. Because this sound like what I need to do albeit with 8.1 not 8. I don't own 8 and never have the original install on this PC was Win 8.1 Pro 64 bit...

Thanks for the help guys, feeling like such a dinlo right now. I think you have summarised my problem perfectly (the term preview absolutely rings a bell) and it sounds like the clean install/ restore from image might be my only option. @saggymaggy, yes I'm, kind of hoping that there's still...

Ok so I was using 8.1 Pro (OEM). If I remember correctly there was a link under Windows Edition in System (it doesn't seem to be there now though) that I followed. I then followed on screen prompts that eventually took me to an upgrade page. That's where I used the code. The system re-booted...

No it doesn't. I know I'm in retail because I spoke to MS support and they told me what had happened. They looked for a restore point, couldn't find one (I had already looked) and said simplest way back is to re-install. I'm just hoping there's another way back without me having to do a clean...

Hi, thanks for the reply. I think my title might be a little misleading. I don't want to have to buy a new licence just to get Media Centre. what I'm trying to do is somehow roll back to the OEM version without having to resort to a clean install (or a restore from the image I have). When this...

Reverse Upgrade from OEM 8.1 to Retail 8.1 So I have a copy of win 8.1 Pro 64 bit OEM. I wanted to add Media Centre to this so after following lots of links (from Add features) I managed to download and install what I thought was the stand alone Media Centre. It turns out it was not a stand...