Guest vanlierop.kevin@gmail.com Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 I wanted to know if it was possible to use Keyboards and remotes that are for Media Center PC's with the standard XP Professional. I wanted to get a keyboard that has a built in trackball, and the one that I found says it works only with a media center PC (with Windows XP MCE installed), but I didnt know if this was either false, or if there was a work around. Also I would like to get a MCE remote to do the basic windows funtions (On, OFF, volume, music etc.) Any help would be appreciated. Cheers Kevin
Guest Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: Media Center Hardware with XP Pro No. If MCE is a requirement, then they won't work with XP Pro. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. <vanlierop.kevin@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1186671824.159381.6810@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... >I wanted to know if it was possible to use Keyboards and remotes that > are for Media Center PC's with the standard XP Professional. > > I wanted to get a keyboard that has a built in trackball, and the one > that I found says it works only with a media center PC (with Windows > XP MCE installed), but I didnt know if this was either false, or if > there was a work around. > > Also I would like to get a MCE remote to do the basic windows > funtions (On, OFF, volume, music etc.) > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > Cheers > > Kevin >
Guest vanlierop.kevin@gmail.com Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: Media Center Hardware with XP Pro Thanks Doug, but Im here several account of otherwise. Ive heard that the solution is to ensure you have an ir receiver (one that comes with the stand-alone remote) and that an ir rollup has to be installed. Although all functions will not work 80% of them will. Thanks for your input.
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