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On your Windows 8 system, launch Internet Explorer and point it to the Add features page on the Microsoft Windows 8 site. Getting your free copy of the Windows 8 Media Center Pack is pretty straightforward procedure. (It normally would sell for $99.99) This is also a limited time offer that expires on January 31, 2013. You can get the Windows 8 Pro Pack for the discounted price of $69.99.
#WINDOWS 8 PRO PACK UPGRADE#
Just in case you are wondering, if you have the Base edition of Windows 8, you can get Windows Media Center by getting the Windows 8 Pro Pack, which will upgrade your operating system to Windows 8 Pro and add Windows Media Center. As I do, I'll explain why you must be prepared to wait. In this post, I will show you the steps involved in downloading and installing the Windows 8 Media Center Pack in Windows 8 Pro. While you won't have to spend a penny to get the Windows 8 Media Center Pack during this period, you will have to spend some time waiting.
#WINDOWS 8 PRO PACK INSTALL#
However, between now and January 31, 2013, if you are running Windows 8 Pro, you can download and install the Windows 8 Media Center Pack for FREE. If you go to the Add features to Windows 8 tool in Windows 8 Pro, you'll see that the Windows 8 Media Center Pack will cost $9.99, as shown in Figure A.įigure A Under normal circumstances, the Windows 8 Media Center Pack will cost $9.99. This blog post is also available as a TechRepublic Photo Gallery.įortunately, Microsoft did remain true to their word. After reading this post, many folks that I spoke with at the time shifted their point of contention from the removal to the cost of the add-on pack, which Microsoft vaguely described as in line with marginal costs. While this raised the ire of quite a few long time Windows Media Center users, Microsoft made a fairly reasonable case for removing the application from the operating system in this blog post on the Building Windows 8 web site. As you may recall, when Microsoft was preparing Windows 8, the company announced that it had decided not to include Windows Media Center in the operating system anymore and instead would make it available as a separate download for a nominal fee once Windows 8 was released.