What is Windows Media Center?
{{Infobox software | name = Windows Media Center | logo = https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/c/cf/Windows_Media_Center_2006-2015.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20210215112000 | logo_size = x64px | screenshot_size = 350px | caption = Windows Media Center on [[Windows 8.1]] Pro. | developer = [[Microsoft]] | discontinued = Yes | operating system = Included with: {{bulleted list |[[Windows XP Media Center Edition]] |[[Windows Vista]] <small>(Home Premium and Ultimate editions)</small> |[[Windows 7]] <small>(Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise editions)</small> }} Also available for: {{bulleted list |[[Windows 8]] <small>(Pro edition)</small> |[[Windows 8.1]] <small>(Pro edition)</small> }} | genre = [[Digital video recorder]] and [[media player (software)|media player]] | website = {{bulleted list |[https://web.archive.org/web/20160621234346/http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/windows-media-center/ Last archive.org copy of defunct full site] |[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/18613/windows-media-center Current support.microsoft.com article] }} | replaces = [[DVD Player (Windows)]] | replaced_by = [[Windows DVD Player]] ([[Windows 10]]) }}'''Windows Media Center''' is a discontinued video recorder that was developed by the [[Microsoft|Microsoft Corporation]] and released for [[Windows XP]] Media Center Edition, also known as the Media Center Update. It can be used in [[Windows Vista]] in Home Premium and Ultimate edition and [[Windows 7]] in Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise edition. In 2012, [[Microsoft]] launched Windows Media Center for [[Windows 8]] and [[Windows 8.1]] from the Pro edition. After Microsoft's [[Windows 10]] release on July 29, 2015, Microsoft discontinued Windows Media Center because Microsoft no longer installs Windows Media Center for Windows 10. Still, users can download a modified Windows Media Center application from an unofficial source for the Windows 10 [[operating system]]. == Operating sy