Windows 8 Media Center Startup Options

Jun 6, 2012 by

It’s as if Microsoft is going out of their way to prevent us from using Windows Media Center in Windows 8. A user at the Microsoft Answers Forum noticed that there are a couple of things missing from the Startup and Window Behavior options within Windows Media Center in Windows 8. The options for always keeping Windows Media Center on top and starting Media Center when Windows starts have both been removed. A Microsoft employee, going by the name Nico T, responded by updating the FAQ with the following:

Due to new Windows OS requirements and behaviors, these two features have been removed from Media Center in Windows 8.

So,if you were considering upgrading a dedicated home theater PC to Windows 8, Microsoft may have given you one more reason not to do so.

Windows 7 Media Center Startup Options Windows 8 Media Center Startup Options

Source: Microsoft Answers via Barb Bowman

 

 

 

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  • Jon Willoughby

    What the F?!

  • http://twitter.com/welchwerks Greg Welch

    one more reason to recreate the media center in the metro style  :) ,   TV guide with recording from a metro tile, anyone ?

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  • will

    this is ridiculous as I only upgraded because the media/touch features were supposed to be more “ENHANCED” contacting better business beareau and filing a complaint for a full refund for the OS and the MEDIA CENTER PACKAGE… If into Media center DO NOT BUY A SYSTEM WITH WINDOWS 8 AND DEFINATELY DO NOT UPGRADE FROM 7 UNLESS YOU WANNA RUN @) PROGRAMS WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE THEM OUT UNLESS YOU DO IT THROUGH TASK MANAGER…………