Chapter 11. Bring It All Together with Media Center

  • Use Windows Media Center

  • Access and organize media

  • Explore and optimize Media Center views

  • Watch your library folders

  • Optimize Media Center

  • Expand Media Center with a media extender

If you’ve ever wanted to be a complete couch potato and run all your media from one remote control while eating bonbons on a pile of pillows, get ready to lie down. In just a couple of well-spent hours, you too can be a media mogul and run your entertainment empire with the flick of a finger. You’ll need to get organized and become proficient with Windows Media Center, and depending on which tasks you decide to tackle, you could be done in less time than it takes to clean out the closet—you know, the one everyone is afraid ...

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