Jump to content

Search the Community

Showing results for tags 'Media Center'.

  • Search By Tags

    Type tags separated by commas.
  • Search By Author

Content Type


Forums

  • Operating System Support
    • Windows Client OS Support
    • Windows Server Technologies
    • Mac, Linux, Chrome OS Support
  • Support and Discussion
    • Hardware Support and Discussion
    • Microsoft Application Support
    • General Software Support and Discussion
    • Internet, Networking and Security
    • Miscellaneous Support!
  • Essentials
    • Essential Guides
    • Essential Reviews
    • Essential Headlines
    • Essential Software
    • Essential Updates
  • Everything Else
    • The Game Zone
    • Programming, Debugging, Scripting...
    • Websites, Design and Code
    • Home Cinema, Television, Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview, Freesat
  • Windows Forum Chat
    • Windows Forum Related
    • Debates and Poll Station
    • Subscribers Lounge
    • The Lounge
    • NEW Members

Calendars

  • Community Calendar

Find results in...

Find results that contain...


Date Created

  • Start

    End


Last Updated

  • Start

    End


Filter by number of...

Joined

  • Start

    End


Group


Skype


Website URL


Full Name


Location


Interests

Found 1 result

  1. After hard disk failure I installed a new hard disk and needed to re-install Windows 8 Media Center Edition which had originally been properly installed and activated in October 2012. After a false start (i.e. installing Windows 8 without first installing Windows Vista - why does the upgrade disk let you do this if it is not going to work?), I re-installed Windows Vista from the original OEM CD, Then I re-installed the Windows 8 Pro upgrade from the original CD pre-ordered and bought from Microsoft. This installation activated but only after I had used the telephone service and confirmed that it was being used on a single computer. I then added Windows Media Center using the free key originally sent to me on 30/10/2012. Now the computer gives me frequent instructions to activate the software but, when I click the button, it tells me "Windows could not be activated", and cites error code 0xC004C4AA unhelpfully described as "unable to find detailed error description". I have contacted Customer Support as instructed but the representative told me that I must have a technical problem and that I need to contact technical support. It seems unlikely that it is a technical problem. I suspect I have wrongly fallen foul of an anti-piracy measure following the Media Center activation deadline of 31/1/2012, and Microsoft wrongly thinks that I am trying to use the Media Center code on a different computer. I expect I am among the first of many people who will need to re-install who will experience this problem. To make matters worse, I have re-installed Microsoft Office Professional 2007 from my original OEM disk with the original key but when I start an Office program, it tries and fails to start MS Office Hybrid, which is the trial version of Windows that runs for up to 60 days on a new computer. I assume that it is doing this because it thinks that it is running on an illegal copy of Windows. What can I do? I am not inclined to go through the entire re-installation process again, partly because it takes so long, and partly because I suspect that, if I did, Microsoft would start to think that I was installing one copy of Windows on an office block full of computers.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Privacy Policy