I have posted a few items related to issues I've seen with Xbox 360 PC setup.  Ever since I did, I've gotten several customers asking other questions about configuring an Xbox 360 as a Windows Media Center extender that I have not known the answer to.

I asked a colleague for some advice yesterday and received back a list of official Microsoft knowledge base atricles that have been published about various Xbox 360 Media Center extender issues.  I hadn't realized that so many articles had been published, and I don't think they appear in some of the web searches that customers have been doing (based on some analysis I did on the referral statistics for my blog posts).  Therefore, I wanted to post a list of knowledge base articles here in the hopes of making them easier to discover via search engines for customers who need help configuring and using their Xbox 360s as Windows Media Center extenders in the future.

Most commonly used Media Center troubleshooting articles

• Xbox 360: You receive the “Can’t Contact PC” error message
• Xbox 360: You receive an error message on a computer that is running Windows Media Center when you run the Windows Media Center Extender Setup program and McAfee Privacy Service is installed on the computer
• Xbox 360: The Xbox 360 Media Center Extender cannot connect to the Windows XP Media Center Edition-based computer after you install the April 2006 Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center 2005
• Xbox 360: How to connect an Xbox 360 console to a Windows XP-based computer
• Xbox 360: Firewall ports that you must open when you connect an Xbox 360 console to a Windows Media Center-based computer
• Xbox 360: You cannot connect the Xbox 360 console to a Windows XP Media Center-based computer
• Xbox 360: Poor wireless performance when devices do not have the "Designed for Media Center Edition" logo
• Xbox 360: How to determine the version of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that works with the Xbox 360 console
• Xbox 360: Media Center Extender for Xbox 360 cannot connect to the Media Center-based computer after the computer resumes from standby
• Xbox 360: You may experience connection errors when you connect your Xbox 360 to Windows XP Media Center

Articles about Media Center Extender for Xbox 360 setup

• Xbox 360: Firewall ports that you must open when you connect an Xbox 360 console to a Windows Media Center-based computer
• Xbox 360: You receive an error message on a computer that is running Windows Media Center when you run the Windows Media Center Extender Setup program
• Xbox 360: You cannot install Media Center Extender for Xbox 360
• Xbox 360: You receive the “Connection Error” error message
• Xbox 360: You receive the “Reconfigure Wireless Network for 802.11a” error message
• Xbox 360: The Media Center Extender Setup stops during the Find Music stage
• How to enable Media Center Extenders on systems that have Windows Live OneCare installed
• How to enable Windows Media Connect on systems that have Windows Live OneCare installed

Articles about using Media Center on Xbox 360

• Xbox 360: The number keys and the text keys on the Remote Keyboard for Windows XP Media Center Edition do not work with the Xbox 360
• Xbox 360: You cannot use a Windows XP Media Center Remote with the Xbox 360
• Xbox 360: You receive the “Slow Wired Network” error message
• Xbox 360: How to enable high definition or standard TV playback on a Windows XP Media Center Edition-based computer
• Xbox 360: Closed captioning does not appear when mute is turned on
• Media Center Extender or a networked Plays for Sure device cannot discover and associate with a Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition-based computer

<update date="7/15/2006"> Added links to Windows Live OneCare help articles </update>