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how on earth do i get media center on my pc

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Old 28-08-2006, 3:48 PM   #1
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how on earth do i get media center on my pc

I have normal windows xp on my pc, now i want windows media center i have the disc and i type the user key as well thats fine, but when it restarts it just frrezes up when the white line goes across the screen whats going wrong?

is there any other way i can get media center on my pc as this does not seem to work.
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Old 28-08-2006, 8:38 PM   #2
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Re: how on earth do i get media center on my pc

Yave you formatted the Hard drive and started from scratch? It needs a clean install.
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Old 28-08-2006, 9:03 PM   #3
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Re: how on earth do i get media center on my pc

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I have normal windows xp on my pc, now i want windows media center i have the disc and i type the user key as well thats fine, but when it restarts it just frrezes up when the white line goes across the screen whats going wrong?
that could possibly be a hardware/driver conflict, does startup complete in safe mode?

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Yave you formatted the Hard drive and started from scratch? It needs a clean install.
that is not entirely true, you do not have to do a full format

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