On the next screen, you can then enter the product key, as shown in Figure C, and click Next. Figure B You can just click I already have a product key. Therefore, you can just click I already have a product key. For your convenience, that product key is shown here:
In the case of the Release Preview, Microsoft has provided the Windows Media Center product key free of charge in the Windows 8 Release Preview FAQ. You'll then see the first screen in the Add features to Windows 8 wizard, as shown in Figure B, which asks you whether you need to purchase a product key or you already have one. When you do, you'll have to work through the UAC that appears.įigure A Accessing Add features to Windows 8 from the Start screen is easy. To install Windows Media Center in Windows 8, just press the key, type Add features, select Settings, and click Add features to Windows 8, as illustrated in Figure A. This blog post is also available in the Slideshow format as a TechRepublic Gallery. How much extra is unknown at this point in time - Microsoft only says marginal costs. Those folks who do want to use Windows Media Center will then have to pay a little extra to get it as an Add-on to Windows 8 Pro. So it would appear that by not including Windows Media Center and its expensive codec as a part of the Windows 8 operating system, Microsoft is saying that doing so will allow them to cut the cost of Windows 8 down a bit for those folks who don't use Windows Media Center. In addition to a drop in interest, at several spots in the May 3rd post, Microsoft mentions the word cost in reference to codec licensing.
I'll also provide an overview of why Windows Media Center will only be available as an Add-on for Windows 8. Well I finally got around to installing Windows Media Center in the Release Preview edition of Windows 8 and thought that I would write about the process in this edition of the Windows Desktop Report. Then in a May 3rd blog post on the Building Windows 8 page, Microsoft clarified exactly why Windows Media Center will be available as an Add-on for Windows 8. But when Microsoft announced the Windows 8 editions in the Windows Blog back in April, they also sketchily announced that Windows Media Center will be available as a separate download to Windows 8 Pro. Windows Media Center was available in the Consumer Preview and I had always figured that Windows Media Center would be a part of the final release of the new operating system. You have to download and install it separately. Recently, I decided to connect the laptop I have running Windows 8 to the TV, but then remembered that the Release Preview edition of Windows 8 doesn't come with Windows Media Center installed. I have a ZOTAC ZBOX Mini-PC connected to the TV in my den and use Windows Media Center in Windows 7 Ultimate to access movies, pictures, music, and Netflix.
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