Vista Testers Get an Unexpected Suprise

On December 31st of 2006, beta testers of Vista RC1 weren’t able to watch TV via Windows Media Center because the license of the video decoder and Dolby sound technology Microsoft used expired.

“As of December 31, 2006, users running Windows Vista RC1 beta code will no longer have access to the Media Center functionality, due to the expiration of the MPEG 2 decoder and Dolby Digital components built into Windows Vista and used by the Media Center experience,” Microsoft said in a statement in response to inquiries by CNET News.com. “Because these technologies are licensed and royalty bearing, they will expire within a certain time period, according to our license agreements.”

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