To be safe, you still need to disable WMC services as above.Ī radical and possibly costly workaround, by switching to use Windows Vista Home Basic or Windows Vista Business for Windows Vista, or Windows 7 Starter or Windows 7 Home Basic in the case of Windows 7, which do not bundled Windows Media Center as a package.ĭisable Windows Media Center using Group Policy (or Registry) This will prevent MCE related services to be startup up. Uncheck the item entries which has the ehome as path to the command, such as ehTray.exe. Run MSConfig (System Configuration) and go to Startup tab. Stop Windows Media Center Services from Start Up Locate all services related to Windows Media Center, such as Windows Media Center Extender Service, Windows Media Center Receiver Service, Windows Media Center Scheduler Service and Windows Media Center Service Launcher, and any other services started with “eh” as command names, then set their Startup Type to Disabled. Open Services (type services.msc into Start Search). In fact, there are more than one way to disable Windows Media Center or prevent it from running in Windows.
But, users cannot uninstall Media Center from Control Panel Uninstall Programs and Features or turn Windows Features on or off page as there is no Windows Media Center entry.Įven though Windows Media Centre is integrated part of the operating system and cannot be uninstalled or removed from Windows, the WMC services can be turned off and disabled so that it won’t run or start even when WMC button is pressed or when users click from Start Menu, exactly as if Media Center is not installed. However, not all users will require the Media Center. Windows Media Center (MCE) is a feature included in Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate, and all editions of Windows 7 except Starter and Home Basic editions. Windows Media Center is meant to serve as an application that turns PC into a home-entertainment hub, which can be controlled by a special remote control with a dominant Green Button.
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