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Windows.com updated, including Windows, Windows Live blogs, free Media Center upgrade

Oct 25, 2012 7:12 am by Kip Kniskern | 6 comments

The updates are really coming in hot and heavy now, with today/tonight’s Windows 8 launch hard upon us. The latest one, this time to Windows.com, features a new clean (although not quite so boxy as some “Metro” makeovers) and bright interface that is broken down into four categories: Meet Windows, Download & Shop, How-To, and Support:

In addition, the site offers, for a limited time, a free upgrade for Media Center Upgrade, along with an offer for Windows 8 Pro Pack:

Add Windows Media Center to Windows 8 Pro
If your PC is running Windows 8 Pro and you’d like to get Windows 8 Media Center Pack so you can watch and record live TV with Windows Media Center, you can take advantage of the following special offer:
For a limited time, get Windows 8 Media Center Pack for free **
To receive a free product key and get Windows 8 Media Center Pack, provide a valid email address in the space provided. Once you receive your free product key through the email address you provided, follow the instructions for adding Windows 8 Media Center Pack that appear later on this page.

From there, you just need to enter an email address to receive (one) free upgrade to Windows 8 Media Center.

And, in an area we have spent/will spend a lot of time in, the Windows blogs are also sporting a brand new look:

Again, a much cleaner interface, but at this point it looks to be just a new theme, with all of the same blogs (including Inside Windows Live and the Windows Live Developer blog), but that’s not a bad thing.

We’ll have lots more to come in the next few hours (and beyond), so stay tuned, including getting tuned in to a Media Center upgrade, for free!

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http://www.about.me/liamdaly Liam
Has anyone received their email with serial yet? I did this about 5 hours ago and haven’t received anything.
Craig Carter
no
http://www.facebook.com/hugh.wolfgang Hugh Wolfgang
This has to rate as one of Microsoft’s biggest blunders. I have read posts on other forums from people who claim to have received their email with the keycode… but those people may be on the other side of the date line.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1628330762 Michael Moore
Add Windows Media Center for free as long as you buy the Pro version?? Wouldn’t that make MC not free? Kinda like, get free leather interior for your car if you buy the upgrade package for it.
http://twitter.com/AndyD33 Andy D
I haven’t recieved mine either. It’s about 35 minutes til midnight here in Ohio, so we will see if they go out after 12:01 tomorrow since that’s the launch time.
John
It has been almost 24 hours and no Key Code for me