No Media Center for VL Win 8 Pro

[sparkeh]

Just discovered this, you can't install Windows Media Centre on a Volume version of Windows 8.

Incredibly irritating...

 

"Add features" option is unavailable in volume license versions of Windows 8

Edited February 4, 2013 by sparkeh

[sted]

yup its pro only for some insane reason

[sparkeh]

yup its pro only for some insane reason

Sorry I meant if you use a Volume version of Windows 8 Pro you can't install WMC.

Its Retail Versions only

Edited February 4, 2013 by sparkeh

[kirchie]

Would be your volume one is the "N" version? I'm pretty sure the VLK we had included media player...

[synaesthesia]

MEdia player yes - media centre, no. That's a bugger, I hadn't gotten around to setting up my TV card at home yet.

[LeMarchand]

MEdia player yes - media centre, no. That's a bugger, I hadn't gotten around to setting up my TV card at home yet.

 

If you have a non-VLK version of Pro at home, you can still get Media Center (may even still be free - I'd have to check).

[SYNACK]

If you have a non-VLK version of Pro at home, you can still get Media Center (may even still be free - I'd have to check).

 

If it's not still free I registered for a few so may be able to provide one or two.

[sted]

If you have a non-VLK version of Pro at home, you can still get Media Center (may even still be free - I'd have to check).

 

it was free for a bit and my laptop runs it and had a 2nd code that timed out on feb 1st but now you have to pay i believe

 

If it's not still free I registered for a few so may be able to provide one or two.

 

i got emails about the ones i had basically use by 31st jan or lose them

[sparkeh]

Yeah codes were free until 31st of Jan, if you didn't use 'em, you lose 'em.

 

Its these little gotchas that really annoy me about MS.

[Zoom7000]

Yeah, I had loads of free codes, but they wouldn't work on the VLK or TechNet versions.

 

From the screenshots and YouTube videos I've seen, you're not really missing much!

[Arthur]

you can't install Windows Media Centre on a Volume version of Windows 8.

Most businesses wouldn't use Media Centre, so it does make sense.

[sparkeh]

Most businesses wouldn't use Media Centre, so it does make sense.

Um... but some businesses/educational institutions do use it.

Its an artificial cripple to the W8 Pro VL that seems rather pointless.

So, no, it doesn't really make sense.

[synaesthesia]

We do - media streaming server, stuff recorded off telly etc rather relies on it. 7 it is for that.

[LeMarchand]

Isn't Media Center only available on W8 Pro (but not the VLK versions)? Seems a bizarre choice if that's correct.

[Rawns]

Time to get XBMC on the DL?

 

XBMC

[VeryPC_Tom_M]

Isn't Media Center only available on W8 Pro (but not the VLK versions)? Seems a bizarre choice if that's correct.

 

Yep! To get to Media Center from Windows 8, you have to upgrade to Pro first!

 

* To install Windows 8 Pro Pack, you must be running Windows 8; to install Windows 8 Media Center Pack, you must be running Windows 8 Pro. Internet access fees may apply. Prices shown are estimated retail prices; actual price may vary. Additional hardware may be required to watch and record live TV with Windows Media Center. Learn more. If you purchase a new PC with an addition of Windows 8 preinstalled and you later upgrade that PC with Windows 8 Pro Pack, Windows 8 Media Center Pack, a volume license edition, or a retail edition, you will no longer be able to install apps that are provided exclusively from your PC manufacturer through the Windows Store.[/Quote]

[DR_LUV22K]

oh no!!