Xp Media Center Edition Leaked

[Big Booger]

XP Media Center Edition Leaked!
Posted by James @ Oct 20 2002, 18:00 BST (GMT+1)
Betas on irc.Elite-IRC.net have finally leaked the long awaited Codename "Freestyle" Windows XP Media Center Edition!

There are several download locations already, and big thanks to everyone hosting these files, but atm, they are all down! ieXbeta will find some more links for you, and post them here ASAP!

Be sure to reply to this post if you have any links!

UPDATE: Heres some links...
GET THE DOWNLOAD NOW BEFORE THE LINK GOES DOWN (http://members.cox.net/iexbeta/Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition.rar)

SOURCE: http://www.iexbeta.com

I downloaded this in 20 seconds at 200Kb/sec.
I shall put up some screenies if I get the chance.
Your Fickle Reporter,
BB

[Big Booger]

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o---------------------------------------------------------------------------o
| Windows XP Media Center Edition Beta |
o---------------------------------------------------------------------------o
| - Supplied by : Mikester - Type : OS |
| - Packaged by : ThunderRiver - Image Format : RAR |
o---------------------------------------------------------------------------o
| - Number Of Cds : N/A |
| - Archives 1 x 9mb - Date : 10\19\02 |
o---------------------------------------------------------------------------o
| Review : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/ |
o---------------------------------------------------------------------------o
| Hardware requirements : 233 Mhz, Windows Xp Framework 1.1 Update, Sp1, |
| 256mb RAM, HD space varies with size of Video & Audio files, |
| Option Tv Tunercard to record tv shows with your pc |
o---------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------------- R E L E A S E N O T E S -----------------------------o
| |
| With Windows XP Media Center Edition, you can enjoy all the benefits of |
| Windows XP for browsing the Internet, communicating with friends and |
| family, enjoying your music and video collections, watching DVDs |
| Working from home, and so much more. You can enjoy everything from |
| live TV to recording your favorite shows to managing your music, video, |
| and photo collections—the choice is yours! Imagine all your media, |
| all in one place, and all accessible with a single remote control. |
| Windows XP Media Center Edition gives you one view into your shows, |
| your songs, your pictures, your videos, and more. It's all within |
| easy reach from anywhere in the room. |
o------------------- I N S T A L L N O T E S -----------------------------o

1.) Unpack to hard drive
2.) Setup
3.) Execute
4.) Enjoy!

o---------- Brought to you by the crew at #BETAS ELITE-IRC -----------------o

[Big Booger]

Screenshots below:

http://bigbooger.netfirms.com/REMOTE SETUP WIZARD.JPG

http://bigbooger.netfirms.com/GETTING_STARTED.JPG

http://bigbooger.netfirms.com/NO REMOTE DETECTED.JPG

http://bigbooger.netfirms.com/WXPMCE STARTUP.JPG

Enjoy,
I will post more as I can.
Your fickle reporter,
BB

[Conan]

Question, I remember reading somewhere that Media Center will prevent you from sharing mp3's in preinstalled PC's, how will it affect us?

[Big Booger]

I was sharing MP3's today on Kazaa.. seems to be working fine. I think MS changed something with that but I am not sure.
I can also tell you this, this is a beta version and has been time bombed. To defeat the time bomb the installer resets your clock on every boot to July 1, 2002...
YOu have been warned. It works great though. If I had the remote and such it would most likely work out great.
I set up the internet, can browse my videos and pictures and do TV out..
Really I don't see what this does any better than windows XP does right now, other than making it really simple for the average PC user. The interface is clean and reminds me a lot of the Windows Media Player 9.

There will be a final leak very soon, as soon as I get the link I will post it.
BB

[Reverend]

I installed it and it reset my clock back to 7th January 2002. :msncrazy:

[phishhead]

not sure if I still am hung over..but whats it for for watching cable tv?