Installing Media Center on Windows 8
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Before the start of the global journey of Windows 8, in Xataka Windows we did a special on the new Microsoft operating system and I told in an article the different versions that were going to be placed on the market, making a brief review of the limitations imposed by the European Community on licenses aimed at the old continent and which were summarized in the N version: that is, the prohibition of having Windows Media Player installed and running
The reasons for such an absurdity must be sought in the dark bowels of the bureaucracy that runs the EU, and in internal and intense struggles between fierce competitors for a market of billions of euros and that, finally and as always, who they limit and restrict is the end user, who has no say in these battles.
To alleviate this comparative grievance with the rest of the world, which does have it installed without a visible impact on the multinational's competitors, Microsoft allows you to install and enable Windows Media Center for Windows for free 8 PRO until December 2013 And here I am going to show you a step by step on how to achieve it.
Step by step visual order and installation
We might wonder why I can't go to the Store and download the Media Center program for free or for a fee, but it's back to the dark business and political motivations behind it.
So the first thing is to access the page (Spanish in this case) to download the Windows 8 Action Pack (which costs €60). And there enter a valid email address and fill in the Captcha.
Next we must fill ourselves with patience since you have to send us, via email, a serial number to activate the Media Center on our equipment.And this email can take up to a week to arrive In my case it took two business days, but it arrived and I was able to continue with this article.
In the email received are very detailed instructions of the steps that I must follow next. First open the Windows 8 search engine and choose to search in Computer Configuration (or much faster by pressing the Windows key + W combination).
In the search box we write the word ">
By clicking on access, the process to add a new feature to our Windows 8 begins.
At the moment our password has been validated, it tells us that the process depends on the updates that our PC requires and that a restart of the system may be required. If we agree with the conditions, we continue.
And he thinks for several minutes, while installing, updating and activating…
It is very important to take into account that reboots of the computer will not be notified by the installation process, being able to lose information if we are editing while installing new features.
After several reboots and updates, I finally have the access icon to my brand new Windows Media Center for Windows 8, which I will talk about in another article.
Via | Download website for Windows 8 Pro
