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    Questions about Windows MCE /w remote

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by grieves, Sep 15, 2006.

  1. grieves

    grieves Newbie

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    Hey all,

    I just got my 1705 yesterday and was looking in to reformatting, but then I wasn't sure if the remote that came with it would work with XP pro or home, since that is the only other OS's I have (I didnt get the disk from Dell). It seems to just be a USB thing, but I honestly don't know. Anyone have any experience with this? Thanks.
     
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    the remote is to be used with the media control centre portion of windows (in this case the MCE). u can however use this remote for other media portal software other than the one that comes with windows

    i use it on my XP home running Media Portal

    cheers ...
     
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    grieves Newbie

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    Googling Media Portal led me to team-mediaportal.com, an open source media program. Is this what you are referring to? It looks neat, how do you like it?
     
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    flawlesscomputers Notebook Geek

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    Any MCE IR remote software will work with any operating system.
     
    flawlesscomputers, Sep 15, 2006
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