I had a strange experience with MC and I thought I would pass it along.
Today, when I opened Media Center, I got the notice that my 30 days had expired. I had no problem using the restore (I have 8 left), but it was strange that the notice even came up; I have been a registered user since v9.0.
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Media Center Registered 11.0.315 -- C:\Program Files\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 3175 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 2095 MB, Free - 1550 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900.2180 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900.2753 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900.2763 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0002) , ASPI for Win32 DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0002)
Ripping / Drive E: SONY CD-RW CRX300E Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: No / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive E: SONY CD-RW CRX300E Addr: 3:0:0 Speed:48 MaxSpeed:48 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: No / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None
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