Xbox 360 As Media Extender With Vista?
I purchased an xbox 360 primarily to use as a media extender for my pc. I now feel swindled. I tried to connect via the simple instructions to my vista home premium pc. It did not work. neither windows media center can find the extender nor can the xbox find the pc. the xbox does appear on the pc network map.
I disabled the antivirus and firewall, shared all the folders and files, insured windows media player 11 was installed, insured I had the latest network driver, rebooted the pc and xbox several times, tried connecting via the 8 digit code xbox generates, tried linking the xbox and pc together via a hub, disabled all security software (mcafee), insured I join xbox live, went to the root console and deleted the windows media certificate, insured the correct services were started……….lets just say I exhausted 40 plus options of articles in the support knowledge base.
I then called xbox tech support and was lied to, hung up on (7 times) and treated like I was a tech idiot. I have to say that it was the worst tech support I had ever received and Microsoft should be embarrassed to be providing that level of service. What is even more surprising is that most xbox techs told me over and over again that they didnt know vista.
I contacted vista support and was told that they would not assist on an xbox issue.
From reviewing other forums this problem appears not to be unique.
I now can’t return the item since the store I purchased the item at is going out of business and stated they no longer would take returns.
I have a hp pavillion running vista home premium, I am using a linksys n class wireless router.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to get the xbox up and functional I would be grateful. Other than that I would have to say I learned an expensive lesson and will try to stay away from any future Microsoft products if possible.
