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Windows Media Center

Access TV from Your Desktop

Launch your favorite Internet TV shows – right from a desktop gadget.

The Windows Media Center Gadget

There are two ways to add the Windows Media Center gadget:

  1. Access the gadget gallery from the ‘right-click’ menu on your desktop. Select Add Gadget and follow the on-screen directions for download.

    The Windows Media Center Gadget shown in the Gadget gallery

  2. Or, when you launch Windows Media Center the second time, an invitation to add the gadget automatically appears. Accept the invitation and the download process will begin

Learn more: Watch TV while using your computer


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