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[felix8406]

I'm running Vista business edition on my laptop instead of Home Premium, which is my prefer edition. I received the business edition for free, so I can't complaint much, however, I miss the media center application. Does anyone has a suggestion or idea on how to make WMC to work with Vista business edition? I've tried with not good results.

[ProCookie]

I don't know if this is possible Felix although i do know that there a third party Media center style apps available

Nero Home is a good example:





I suppose you could consider something like this if you realy want a Media Center style thing, unless of course you after the real deal.

[crabby]

You could always do an anytime upgrade!

crabby

[felix8406]

Thanks Tony and Crabby. I thought about the Anytime Upgrade, but after analyzing it, I figured it isn't worth it. The anytime upgrade from business to ultimate is $139.00, which it isn't that expensive, however, I must give up my business edition license in the process. For about US$108.00, I can get Vista Home Premium OEM and still keep the business edition license. Anyway, if everything goes well, tomorrow I should be able to get a copy of home premium for free. It all depends if I can fix a few computer issues on a company's computer. We'll see what happens.

[crabby]

Hope you get it Media Center is a solid feature. (If only they would sort my DVB issue )

crabby

[felix8406]

I got it! Actually I did even better, got a free copy of Vista Home Premium Upgrade and Nero 7 Premium, which includes Nero Home. I did get to installed and configured Nero Home and it works just great with Vista Business, so I'll leave Vista business install on my laptop. I'm going to use the Home Premium to upgrade my daughter's laptop. It's her birthday tomorrow and she wanted Vista, so it turned out to be perfect. I'm a little tired though, so I'm going to bed...it's been a long day.

[crabby]

Glad you got it! And does sound like perfect timing.

crabby

[ProCookie]

Well done Felix! im sure your daughter will be very pleased.

[felix8406]

Thank much. I got up a little late this morning and by that time my daughter had gone to a job interview. I'm installing Vista on her PC right now and won't tell her anything, but wait until she turn the PC on...it'll be a good surprise.

Anyway, I like Nero Home. I've been messing around with it and learning it's different options. I think it'll be perfect for what I want to do.

[crabby]

Tell us what her reaction is like

crabby