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Don't install the beta version of Media Player 11. Against my better
judgment I installed a MS beta version of MP11. After installing the software, I started to have problems with Windows Media Center and Comcast Photoshow. I have rolled back my software and I am still having problems with the software. I have always considered MS final release to be beta until it has been on the market for at least 6 months, I should have known better. |
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"Reginald P. Smithers" wrote in message
ps.com... Don't install the beta version of Media Player 11. Against my better judgment I installed a MS beta version of MP11. After installing the software, I started to have problems with Windows Media Center and Comcast Photoshow. I have rolled back my software and I am still having problems with the software. I have always considered MS final release to be beta until it has been on the market for at least 6 months, I should have known better. Actually, don't install the beta of ANY software, unless the machine you're using is reserved for experiments, and is not used for generating income. |
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![]() Harry Krause wrote: Reginald P. Smithers wrote: Don't install the beta version of Media Player 11. Against my better judgment I installed a MS beta version of MP11. After installing the software, I started to have problems with Windows Media Center and Comcast Photoshow. I have rolled back my software and I am still having problems with the software. I have always considered MS final release to be beta until it has been on the market for at least 6 months, I should have known better. I don't seem to have programs called "Windows Media Center" or "Comcast Photoshow." Harry, Windows Media Center comes with XP only on newer multimedia PC's. Comcast Photoshow is a download if you are a Comcast Cable internet subcriber. |
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![]() Reginald P. Smithers wrote: Don't install the beta version of Media Player 11. Against my better judgment I installed a MS beta version of MP11. After installing the software, I started to have problems with Windows Media Center and Comcast Photoshow. I have rolled back my software and I am still having problems with the software. I have always considered MS final release to be beta until it has been on the market for at least 6 months, I should have known better. Look into PC Tools website, and download a free edition of their registry mechanic, it works, here is the URL: http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/offer.php |
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![]() "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "Reginald P. Smithers" wrote in message ps.com... Don't install the beta version of Media Player 11. Against my better judgment I installed a MS beta version of MP11. After installing the software, I started to have problems with Windows Media Center and Comcast Photoshow. I have rolled back my software and I am still having problems with the software. I have always considered MS final release to be beta until it has been on the market for at least 6 months, I should have known better. Actually, don't install the beta of ANY software, unless the machine you're using is reserved for experiments, and is not used for generating income. Horsepuckies. I install betas all the time. It's the alphas that are scary. I'm running a beta of VISTA right now on one of my other machines, and I haven't had any serious trouble with most of it, and the trouble I have had has nothing to do with my income-earning apps. I've been messing with Windows OS betas for, hell, 20 years, going back to the early alpha-beta distro releases of 1.0 on packs of floppies. You will pay. It's not a question of if. It's a question of when. |
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![]() "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... basskisser wrote: Harry Krause wrote: Reginald P. Smithers wrote: Don't install the beta version of Media Player 11. Against my better judgment I installed a MS beta version of MP11. After installing the software, I started to have problems with Windows Media Center and Comcast Photoshow. I have rolled back my software and I am still having problems with the software. I have always considered MS final release to be beta until it has been on the market for at least 6 months, I should have known better. I don't seem to have programs called "Windows Media Center" or "Comcast Photoshow." Harry, Windows Media Center comes with XP only on newer multimedia PC's. Comcast Photoshow is a download if you are a Comcast Cable internet subcriber. Gee. My PC isn't a "multi-media" PC? I wonder what it is missing? :-) Actually, when I bought my PC parts, I had a choice of OS's, and "media center" was one of them. If memory serves, it was "missing" some interesting networking components, so I went with XP Pro instead. Thanks. Have you poked around the MS site to see if you can download the thing? |
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![]() Gee. My PC isn't a "multi-media" PC? I wonder what it is missing? :-) Actually, when I bought my PC parts, I had a choice of OS's, and "media center" was one of them. If memory serves, it was "missing" some interesting networking components, so I went with XP Pro instead. Nice try. Windows XP Media Center Edition is built on the XP Pro chassis. The splash screen at boot is the same black splash screen of XP Pro. XP Media Center has every single component of XP Pro, with the Media Center interface added. The Media Center part of the OS is a supplementary layer of the OS. If it is not invoked, you are running a standard XP Pro machine. If it is invoked, it runs as an application under XP Pro. Media Center is only available as an OEM install, and only available on PC's which meet MS hardware standards for a Multimedia PC. These standards include a minimum hard drive size, ram, processor speed, and video card performance specifications, as well as the required TV Tuner and multimedia ports. I have two HP Multimedia Desktops that I bought in 2005. I wasn't really looking for a Multimedia PC per se, but as it turns out it was a very convenient way to buy a box equipped with much better than average componentry packaged together, and HP was damn near giving the things away at the time. But I have to say that the Multimedia part of the OS turns out to be a nice addition to XP Pro. |
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![]() "Harry Krause" wrote in message . .. RG wrote: Gee. My PC isn't a "multi-media" PC? I wonder what it is missing? :-) Actually, when I bought my PC parts, I had a choice of OS's, and "media center" was one of them. If memory serves, it was "missing" some interesting networking components, so I went with XP Pro instead. Nice try. Windows XP Media Center Edition is built on the XP Pro chassis. The splash screen at boot is the same black splash screen of XP Pro. XP Media Center has every single component of XP Pro, with the Media Center interface added. The Media Center part of the OS is a supplementary layer of the OS. If it is not invoked, you are running a standard XP Pro machine. If it is invoked, it runs as an application under XP Pro. Media Center is only available as an OEM install, and only available on PC's which meet MS hardware standards for a Multimedia PC. These standards include a minimum hard drive size, ram, processor speed, and video card performance specifications, as well as the required TV Tuner and multimedia ports. I have two HP Multimedia Desktops that I bought in 2005. I wasn't really looking for a Multimedia PC per se, but as it turns out it was a very convenient way to buy a box equipped with much better than average componentry packaged together, and HP was damn near giving the things away at the time. But I have to say that the Multimedia part of the OS turns out to be a nice addition to XP Pro. Nice try what? I bought my pieces and parts from an OEM. Ergo, I was offered several flavors of XP, including XP Pro and XP Media. Nice try claiming that XP Media Center Edition lacked networking features of XP Pro, which is the sentence in your previous post (purposefully clipped by me) immediately preceding my comment, the reason you stated that you passed on it in favor of XP Pro, and the main point of my reply. You really don't want to dance with me. |
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Harry,
It might not have been the Media Player that caused the problem, but both problems popped up the same day I installed MP11. I keep telling myself, I need to let you and others play with the betas, there is a reason they call them betas. |
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Media Center is a silly idea. It is MS trying to make Windows a do
everything OS and make it more user friendly, I think they failed on both accounts. I prefer using individual applications to do everything MS Media Center offers. You are better off with XP Pro. |
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