Rod at home Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I hope I'm not double posting this. If I am, I'm truly sorry. I saw this on SuperSite for Windows. Here's the link: http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/getting-windows-media-center-work-windows-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrf Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I have looked through that, it appears they have captured all kinds of registry settings, service configs, etc. to 'port' the stuff to win10, assuming there are no trojans etc embedded in the package. it is hard enough to get WMC to work on windows 7 Last time I tried to rebuild win7 and get my cablecard working I ran into a litany of "old" and "new" problems - it would not get guide data for my zip code, then when I worked around that I had to work around playready appearing 'out of date' and 'failing to update playready' after every reboot. After both win10 and this hack have settled down I may try it on a spare drive for giggles. But thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod at home Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Yeah I don't intend to use it. The whole caveat warning people that they need to be careful because implementing it could be dangerous, has put me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppapete Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 A brief discussion of this subject is available at the beginning of the latest (#342) Entertainment 2.0 podcast. Conclusion is DO NOT DO THIS. The suggestion is to run a hyper-v version of XP or W7 in W10 and run WMC in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod at home Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 Oh, I like that! Very good suggestion!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrf Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) I for one would not be messing around with WMC if it were not for my need for cablecard. I am not aware of a way to get HDCP out of a VM so it seems like I am stuck with win7/win8 for now. WMC is like an orphan child of microsoft. There are plenty of fantastic alternatives to choose from, most of which are still being enhanced and supported. I think exploring alternatives would be much more rewarding than trying the hack. Edited September 21, 2015 by nrf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucliker Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Don't try to add, hack, force WMC into Windows 10 it will end horrible. I have tried and your system will become unstable and you will end up either restoring from a backup or a fresh install. Like nrf said vm's are the best way to go. I for one would not be messing around with WMC if it were not for my need for cablecard. I am not aware of a way to get HDCP out of a VM so it seems like I am stuck with win7/win8 for now. WMC is like an orphan child of microsoft. There are plenty of fantastic alternatives to choose from, most of which are still being enhanced and supported. I think exploring alternatives would be much more rewarding than trying the hack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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