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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ocean55" data-source="post: 283897" data-attributes="member: 20508">Just thought you guys may find this useful or interesting on this topic as it worked for me in Vista Ultimate....Disable Windows Media Center using Group Policy (or Registry)Run Group Policy Object Editor (GPEdit.msc), expand Computer Configuration (for per-machine settings if you want disable for all users on the computer) or User Configuration (for per-user settings if you want to disable for logged on user only), then expand Administrative Templates, and finally Windows Components, and select Windows Media Center. Change the setting for Do not allow Windows Media Center to run to Enabled. Once WMC disable policy is set, the following message will appear whenever users trying to run Windows Media Center.Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy. For more information contact your system administrator.Windows Vista Home Premium edition does not come with GPEdit.msc (Group Policy Editor), however the policy that block MCE from running can still be set manually in registry, and will be honored by the operating system. To set the policy registry key, open Registry Editor, and navigate to the following registry key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\MicrosoftRight click on Microsoft and create a New Key named WindowsMediaCenter (no space in between). Under “WindowsMediaCenter” registry branch, create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named MediaCenter, and set its value data to 1.Alternatively, simply run the following command in elevated privilege command prompt:reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaCenter /v MediaCenter /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /fTo revert and re-enable MCE, simply delete the WindowsMediaCenter registry key created in Registry Editor, or run the following command in elevated privilege command prompt:reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaCenter /v MediaCenter /fCheers-=O=-</blockquote>

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