Vista - any way to uninstall Vista Media Center?

I was looking for a way to remove media center from vista so that I can
reduce the amount of space vista takes as well as get rid of unneeded
applications running in the back ground. We have many different machines
where I work and although a good majority are newer we have some older
machines that will still need to run vista when we decide to switch to it. I
have improved the performance already by getting rid of unneeded services but
one of the big ones I can not find a way to remove is media center. Is there
some way to uninstall it? If we standardize on Vista Ultimate is there a way
to do a custom install and have it never install in the first place?

As far as I know, there is no way to uninstall Media Center from Vista
Ultimate. I think you would be better off using Business Edition when it
goes retail, if you don't need the Media Center functionality.

If you have a spare pc, you can install Vista without entering a product
key. This will give you a choice of which edition to install. Try the
Business Edition. You won't be able to activate it, but at least it will
give you 14 days to evaluate and see if it would be a better option for your
company.

--
Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation :-)
"shall" <shall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:556D4A0D-479C-46BE-9781-2FEAF1E55A19@microsoft.com...
>I was looking for a way to remove media center from vista so that I can
> reduce the amount of space vista takes as well as get rid of unneeded
> applications running in the back ground. We have many different machines
> where I work and although a good majority are newer we have some older
> machines that will still need to run vista when we decide to switch to it.
> I
> have improved the performance already by getting rid of unneeded services
> but
> one of the big ones I can not find a way to remove is media center. Is
> there
> some way to uninstall it? If we standardize on Vista Ultimate is there a
> way
> to do a custom install and have it never install in the first place?

"shall" wrote:

> I was looking for a way to remove media center from vista so that I can
> reduce the amount of space vista takes as well as get rid of unneeded
> applications running in the back ground.

set the Windows Vista Media Center services to disabled

Oops double post. when i hit post it said it had an error and it did not
show my first post right away.

if you upgrade RC1 to build 5728 (now available for download), it will
operate for 30 days without activation.


<DIV>&quot;Jane C&quot; &lt;jellybean@nospam.xjgarage.org&gt; wrote in
message news:5C1ED6DE-CB58-477F-B125-2C3D066446A7@microsoft.com...</DIV>> As
far as I know, there is no way to uninstall Media Center from Vista
> Ultimate. I think you would be better off using Business Edition when it
> goes retail, if you don't need the Media Center functionality.
>
> If you have a spare pc, you can install Vista without entering a product
> key. This will give you a choice of which edition to install. Try the
> Business Edition. You won't be able to activate it, but at least it will
> give you 14 days to evaluate and see if it would be a better option for
> your company.
>
> --
> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation :-)
> "shall" <shall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:556D4A0D-479C-46BE-9781-2FEAF1E55A19@microsoft.com...
>>I was looking for a way to remove media center from vista so that I can
>> reduce the amount of space vista takes as well as get rid of unneeded
>> applications running in the back ground. We have many different machines
>> where I work and although a good majority are newer we have some older
>> machines that will still need to run vista when we decide to switch to
>> it. I
>> have improved the performance already by getting rid of unneeded services
>> but
>> one of the big ones I can not find a way to remove is media center. Is
>> there
>> some way to uninstall it? If we standardize on Vista Ultimate is there a
>> way
>> to do a custom install and have it never install in the first place?
>