Vista - Vista Beta 2 and Xbox 360

Has anybody been able to set up an xbox 360 has a media center extender in
Beta 2? My Xbox 360 is detected but after entering the 8 digit code and
choosing options setup fails with a "PC Configuration error". Could this be
because the pc is joined to a domain? Is there a way to fix this problem and
will the shipped vista be able to be joined to a domain and use an xbox 360
extender?
Thank you

If you are in the UK, Xbox 360 will function as an Media Center Extender in
all locales at Windows Vista launch (the
staged roll-out only supports North America and is being done to ensure
that the beta program is as successful as possible.

So I don't think its being Joined to a Domain thats causing this, since you
can log in as local in Vista too.
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"Sandyman08" <Sandyman08@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:21DC1286-11B5-4B34-85DE-43B2CC941E03@microsoft.com...
> Has anybody been able to set up an xbox 360 has a media center extender in
> Beta 2? My Xbox 360 is detected but after entering the 8 digit code and
> choosing options setup fails with a "PC Configuration error". Could this
> be
> because the pc is joined to a domain? Is there a way to fix this problem
> and
> will the shipped vista be able to be joined to a domain and use an xbox
> 360
> extender?
> Thank you

In Windows Media Center 2005 you can't connect extender devices if your MCE
PC is joined to the domain since extender devices make use of terminal
services/fast user switching which is disabled if your PC is joined to a
domain.

I'm not sure if this restriction/limitation has been removed in Vista. So
I'd suggest leaving the domain and try again and see if that works.

Cheers

"Sandyman08" <Sandyman08@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:21DC1286-11B5-4B34-85DE-43B2CC941E03@microsoft.com...
> Has anybody been able to set up an xbox 360 has a media center extender in
> Beta 2? My Xbox 360 is detected but after entering the 8 digit code and
> choosing options setup fails with a "PC Configuration error". Could this
> be
> because the pc is joined to a domain? Is there a way to fix this problem
> and
> will the shipped vista be able to be joined to a domain and use an xbox
> 360
> extender?
> Thank you

How can I connect my XBox360 (French) to vista beta2 ?

I'll try to use it as a MCE Extender... but, I'm always getting "Invalid
region" error

Thanks for your help.


Regards / Cordialement,
Sébastien FERRAND
Consultant Indépendant
Microsoft Visual C# MVP
http://blogs.developpeur.org/sebmafate

Andre Da Costa [Extended64] a écrit :
> If you are in the UK, Xbox 360 will function as an Media Center Extender in
> all locales at Windows Vista launch (the
> staged roll-out only supports North America and is being done to ensure
> that the beta program is as successful as possible.
>
> So I don't think its being Joined to a Domain thats causing this, since you
> can log in as local in Vista too.

"Sean McLeod" wrote:

> In Windows Media Center 2005 you can't connect extender devices if your MCE
> PC is joined to the domain since extender devices make use of terminal
> services/fast user switching which is disabled if your PC is joined to a
> domain.
>
> I'm not sure if this restriction/limitation has been removed in Vista. So
> I'd suggest leaving the domain and try again and see if that works.
>
> Cheers
>
I just tried agai nafter leaving the domain and it worked without problems.
After joining again I could not connect and setup failed as before. Does
anybody known of a work-around or if this will be a problem in the final
build of Vista Ultimate?

"Sean McLeod" wrote:

> In Windows Media Center 2005 you can't connect extender devices if your MCE
> PC is joined to the domain since extender devices make use of terminal
> services/fast user switching which is disabled if your PC is joined to a
> domain.
>
> I'm not sure if this restriction/limitation has been removed in Vista. So
> I'd suggest leaving the domain and try again and see if that works.
>
> Cheers
>
I just tried again after leaving the domain and it worked without problems.
After joining again I could not connect and setup failed as before. Does
anybody known of a work-around or if this will be a problem in the final
build of Vista Ultimate?

i was wondering does vista come with media center so i could use for xbox 360

"Sandyman08" wrote:

>
>
> "Sean McLeod" wrote:
>
> > In Windows Media Center 2005 you can't connect extender devices if your MCE
> > PC is joined to the domain since extender devices make use of terminal
> > services/fast user switching which is disabled if your PC is joined to a
> > domain.
> >
> > I'm not sure if this restriction/limitation has been removed in Vista. So
> > I'd suggest leaving the domain and try again and see if that works.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> I just tried again after leaving the domain and it worked without problems.
> After joining again I could not connect and setup failed as before. Does
> anybody known of a work-around or if this will be a problem in the final
> build of Vista Ultimate?

Only in the Home Premium and Ultimate Editions.
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"christian" <christian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:36D39940-C4EC-45AA-9938-F99ECB352F60@microsoft.com...
>i was wondering does vista come with media center so i could use for xbox
>360
>
> "Sandyman08" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "Sean McLeod" wrote:
>>
>> > In Windows Media Center 2005 you can't connect extender devices if your
>> > MCE
>> > PC is joined to the domain since extender devices make use of terminal
>> > services/fast user switching which is disabled if your PC is joined to
>> > a
>> > domain.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure if this restriction/limitation has been removed in Vista.
>> > So
>> > I'd suggest leaving the domain and try again and see if that works.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> I just tried again after leaving the domain and it worked without
>> problems.
>> After joining again I could not connect and setup failed as before. Does
>> anybody known of a work-around or if this will be a problem in the final
>> build of Vista Ultimate?

Two of the editions do, "Ultimate" and "Home Premium". So if you install
either of those you'll have Media Center functionality.

Cheers

"christian" <christian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:36D39940-C4EC-45AA-9938-F99ECB352F60@microsoft.com...
>i was wondering does vista come with media center so i could use for xbox
>360
>
> "Sandyman08" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "Sean McLeod" wrote:
>>
>> > In Windows Media Center 2005 you can't connect extender devices if your
>> > MCE
>> > PC is joined to the domain since extender devices make use of terminal
>> > services/fast user switching which is disabled if your PC is joined to
>> > a
>> > domain.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure if this restriction/limitation has been removed in Vista.
>> > So
>> > I'd suggest leaving the domain and try again and see if that works.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> I just tried again after leaving the domain and it worked without
>> problems.
>> After joining again I could not connect and setup failed as before. Does
>> anybody known of a work-around or if this will be a problem in the final
>> build of Vista Ultimate?

so you are telling me that if i download vista beta i will have media center
and i could use it for my xbox 360

"Sean McLeod" wrote:

> Two of the editions do, "Ultimate" and "Home Premium". So if you install
> either of those you'll have Media Center functionality.
>
> Cheers
>
> "christian" <christian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:36D39940-C4EC-45AA-9938-F99ECB352F60@microsoft.com...
> >i was wondering does vista come with media center so i could use for xbox
> >360
> >
> > "Sandyman08" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "Sean McLeod" wrote:
> >>
> >> > In Windows Media Center 2005 you can't connect extender devices if your
> >> > MCE
> >> > PC is joined to the domain since extender devices make use of terminal
> >> > services/fast user switching which is disabled if your PC is joined to
> >> > a
> >> > domain.
> >> >
> >> > I'm not sure if this restriction/limitation has been removed in Vista.
> >> > So
> >> > I'd suggest leaving the domain and try again and see if that works.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers
> >> >
> >> I just tried again after leaving the domain and it worked without
> >> problems.
> >> After joining again I could not connect and setup failed as before. Does
> >> anybody known of a work-around or if this will be a problem in the final
> >> build of Vista Ultimate?
>