Need Dell edition of Windows Media Center Edition 2005.. 522

Allegro,

Granted the apparent stupidity of all this, why not call Microsoft and ask them what legal options you have so far as they're concerned?

I fully realize they'll want to push support back to Dell for the OEM CD. That's not my point. My point is that they may be able to offer some suggestion as to options for obtaining a copy that they themselves would consider "legitimate".

Be that:

1) an uploaded copy 2) a Dell OEM copied CD from another Dell user 3) a downloaded copy used in conjunction with your Dell COA-key (if that would work at all)

I'd also move to speaking with U.S. customer care via a posting or private message to the moderator here:

Sure, it's the U.S., but perhaps you could get a solution by shaking the tree from the states end.

There has to be a solution to this.

Stew