How to hook up an Xbox 360 to a windows media center?

Xbox 360 & Media Center Problem getting extender to work on Windows 7?

• I've been trying to Connect my 360's Media center to the one on my computer but I keep getting "Configuration" error. My anti-virus program is called Trend Micro and i already added Media Center so it wont block it. It never gets past the 2nd check mark when it is installing. Media Center Extender Setup failed to create the PnP device with ID: uuid:10000000-0000-0000-0200-0025AE5EC55… (timed out after 120000ms). Error: Element not found. If there's other info I can give to help find the problem let me know. I'm frustrated with this problem.

• Answer:

  1. Gather Setup Key from Xbox 360 * Press the Start button on the remote or go to the Media section of the Xbox 360 dashboard. * Select Media Center. * Advance through the on-screen instructions to obtain the 8 digit Media Center Setup Key. Write this key down. 2. Add Extender * At the Windows Vista-based Media Center PC, launch Windows Media Center. Select Start, Windows Media Center. * Select Tasks, Add Extender. * When prompted, provide the 8 digit setup key you received at the Xbox 360. * Complete the Extender setup. If that doesn't work, make sure you have the xbox360 connected to the computer via LAN... In my setup, i have 2 LAN ports on my motherboard, so i had to create a bridge between my Modem LAN port and the xbox360 port in Network Connections (i'm on Win7 Ult. x64 aswell) so my Xbox360 could go online. You must also choose folders to share using MCE on your PC A good thing about MCE is your don't need to be running it on PC in order to stream things to your Xbox, but your PC must be switched on of course. Hope this helps