Windows Media Center control menu

To access the control menu in Windows Media Center, move the mouse to display the menu bars:

1Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar, and then click Windows Media Center.

2From the Tasks menu, click shutdown to open the window with the menu items that are listed in the following table. Use the arrow keys on the remote control or the keyboard to scroll to the right or left of the screen to select the other options.

Icon Action

Closes Windows Media Center.

Logs off and ends your Windows Media Center session and switches users.

Shuts down the computer.

Restarts the computer.

Puts the computer in a power-reduced or Sleep mode.

Puts the computer in Media Only mode, which gives you access to Windows Media Center, but not to the rest of the computer. NOTE: This option is listed in the Tasks menu.

NOTE:

￿If you are recording a TV program and then put the computer into Away, Hibernate, or Sleep mode, the recording will stop.

￿If the computer is in Away, Hibernate, or Sleep mode and a recording is about to begin, the computer wakes from Sleep and records the program.

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