Install Media Portal on Vista laptop and still use PC (1 Viewer)

[brokenrobot]

Hey guys,

Spent the last 2 days reading and looks like Media Portal is the perfect solution for me. It'll take me a while to put together the hardware but I'm dying to give it a go so my question is can I intall MP on my wifes Vista Home Lappy so I can play with MP or does it take over the machine completely? Will it simply sit as a program in the start bar or will her pc become a media machine and be unuseable for anything else?

Sorry for the obvious question but I guess it'll only take a sec to answer.

I'll only be using MP for playing CDs, looking at photos and playing ripped (avi) dvds.

Thanks

 

[Scythe42]

It's just another program...

 

[brokenrobot]

Thanks for the lightning reply! I'll give it a go now. When I install it on a dedicated box I take it you can set it to autorun or do you always have to click start>programs>MediaPortal?

 

[Scythe42]

There's an auto start option in the config tool under "General"

 

[brokenrobot]

Thanks for that. Gonna give it a try right now...