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Exciting Windows Desktop Features
Snazzy New Look
A sleek, polished new look across the desktop—on menus, taskbars, themes, screensavers, Windows Media Player 10, and other screen elements—makes all your Windows-based applications a visual treat.
Windows Movie Maker 2.1 with DVD Burning
Indulge your creativity when capturing, personalizing, and sharing home movies, with more than 100 transitions and effects and new built-in DVD burning support.2
Windows Media Player 10
Groove to music and video on your desktop computer with Smart Jukebox. Expand your music and other entertainment media collections by shopping the first Digital Media Mall. Then automatically sync it all to a wide range of devices you can take wherever you go.
Built-in DVD and CD Burning
Enjoy your entertainment in new ways by sharing pictures and home movies, burning CD mixes, and backing up Recorded TV and more on DVD easily with built-in DVD burning.
Enhanced Windows Digital Media Tools and Utilities
Do more with digital media with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. Now you can create, edit, and share your digital media—including digital photos, music, and home movies—in exciting new ways.
Take advantage of new digital media tools and utilities that let you create CD and DVD labels, compress and convert audio files, and wow your eyes with colorful music visualizations.
Check out the following new features:
Screensavers
Get an ultrarealistic fish aquarium, space scenes, nature, and classic Da Vinci screensavers, or display your own photos in amazing new ways.
Themes
Choose from a variety of dynamic, enhanced, themes—such as Space, Nature, Da Vinci, and Aquarium—with matching icons, sound effects, wallpaper, and more.
Windows Audio Converter
Click a button to automatically convert your entire digital music collection to Windows Media Audio (WMA) or MP3 format, saving valuable space on your computer or portable music player.
Windows Dancer
Lifelike characters dance to your favorite music on your desktop or within Media Center. Select from such dance styles as hip-hop, disco, salsa, and many more.
Windows Party Mode
Turn your computer into a party jukebox, complete with a song request list, visual song title announcements, an interactive guest book, and new effects and features. Party Mode lets your guests act as DJ while restricting access to files and personal information on your computer. You can even run Party Mode by using the remote control.
CD Label Maker
Easily create and print customized CD labels, inserts, and booklets. Windows CD Label Maker automatically adds artist, track, and album information for you.
Fabulous New Media Center Experiences
Faster and Easier Access
Media Center features a fresh design scheme that makes it easier for you to access your digital media. Menu selections are easier to read, and backgrounds are animated. The upgrade includes:
• A new font: Text is brighter and easier to read from across the room.
• New menu selections: Recently used and favorite tasks are but a click away. Submenu selections on the Start menu let you quickly access your favorite digital entertainment. For example, clicking My Music displays your most-recently accessed albums.
Easier Shutdown
Simply click Power on the remote control, and you can shut down your computer or have it stand by.
Enhanced Setup
• Easier setup: The first time you run Media Center, an enhanced setup wizard helps you configure more options. For instance, you can optimize Media Center for your connected display, picture quality, and Internet connection.
• Audio setup: A new feature helps you set up your audio output for 2 speakers, 5.1 speakers, or 7.1 speakers.
My TV
• Watch, pause, and record more live TV shows, including HDTV: Optionally record up to three3 live TV shows at a time, and play them whenever you want. This feature works with any setup, from a basic antenna to cable, digital cable, or satellite.
• Improved recording conflict resolution: You now have more ways to resolve recording conflicts on Media Center computers with dual tuners.
• Start screen: The My TV main screen now displays recent and upcoming recordings.
• More information: View information about the program you are watching, record the show or the series, launch Messenger for Media Center, or get help simply by pressing the More Info button, on the remote control.
• Movie Finder4: My TV now offers powerful new ways to find movies. Browse top-rated movies, new releases, and movies playing now or in the next hour. Search by genre, cast, director, or other criterion. You can even get recommendations for movies you might enjoy.
My Music
• Editing album information: Media Center now makes it easy to edit album details using the remote control. Add or change the album title, artist name, or genre.
• Music queuing: While browsing your music collection, queue up songs or albums to play back or to save as playlists.
• Burn a music CD: Easily burn the current playlist to CD.
My Pictures
• More editing features: Crop photos to best position the subject matter within your pictures.
• Easily import photos: Copy photos to your hard drive directly from an external media source, such as a digital camera or a USB flash drive.
• Burn a photo album: From within My Pictures, build a list of photos and then burn them to CD simply by pressing a button.
Internet Radio
Tune into radio stations around the world. Listen to talk shows, comedy, rock, classical, alternative, jazz, and many more.
For defective media or components on Microsoft OEM software
Please send an email to sysbuilder@qmsfife.com or call 800 227-6197.
For a problem with the COA
- If the COA is torn or damaged, Microsoft can provide the customer with a replacement. Please contact Microsoft directly.
- If the COA is lost or missing, the customer needs to send an email to: microsoftoem.systembuilder@csgopenline.com This group will then respond and initiate the process for providing a replacement COA.
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