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    MediaDirect Remapped to Media Center??? (XPS 1530)

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sb360, Jun 23, 2008.

  1. sb360

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    Is it possible to remap MediaDirect so that it boots up Media Center instead?
     
    sb360, Jun 23, 2008
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    No. Mediadirect is build to run on Windows, Mediadirect is built so that it doesn't fully rely on Windows, hence why you can simply boot into Media Center. You can remap to Mediadirect, but it will be like if you mapped it to your web browser. After you start up to Windows, you press mediadirect button, then it launches the Windows Media Center.
     
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    DFI Fan, Jun 23, 2008
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    What happens when you press the Media Direct button in a power off situation? My MD button is mapped to IE, and when I press the button when powered down it powers up and launches Vista. Does it do the same the way you have it mapped?
     
    Fountainhead, Jun 23, 2008
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    im curious too. bump^
     
    Desai82, Jun 24, 2008
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    If you have MediaDirect installed and have applied the changes to the registry as outlined, then a power off button depress will boot the MediaDirect partition.
     
    BatBoy, Jun 24, 2008
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    Ya, like I said, it only works in Windows.
     
    DFI Fan, Jun 24, 2008
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