Click on I already have a product key and enter your key. You currently can’t purchase one so this is where your Windows 8 Media Center key comes in. You are then asked for whether you have a product key or if you want to purchase one. To get Media Center in Windows 10 go to the search box on the start menu and type Add Features to Windows and then the Add Features to Windows Technical Preview will be show, click on it. You need to have your Windows 8 Pro with Windows Media Center key that you used for your Windows 8 install and there are a couple of steps needed to get it working. Windows 10 Technical Preview doesn’t ship with Windows Media Center and we still don’t know if Media Center will ship with the new OS but it is possible to add Windows Media Center to Windows 10.

This is the original post but it no longer works: You can read about other streaming and media features on our Windows 10 section of TDLĬheckout our alternatives for Windows Media Center in Windows 10 If you have Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8 Pro with Media Centre or Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Centre and you install Windows 10, Windows Media Centre will be removed You can read more about Windows 10 Entertainment apps and media servers in my new book. UPDATE Windows Media Center will not be part of Windows 10 and if you upgrade a Windows 7 or 8 machine with Windows Media Center the upgrade process will remove Media Center.

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