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ejohnson0547 · 07-27-2009, 01:19 AM

There is a very easy way to get the standard Microsoft Media Center Remote control to work with the Studio XPS laptops.

First download the IR Drivers from the Dell website for the Studio XPS 13. It should be a file R196531.exe. Use Winzip to extract the files from this exe. There is a file called "MSFT.reg"

Right click on this file MSFT.reg, and select "Edit". It should open this file in Notepad.

The second line will look like this:
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\HidIr\Remotes\745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da]

Simply edit this line and remove the beginning dash "-" so it is this:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\HidIr\Remotes\745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da]

Save it. Then just double click on it. Click "Yes" when prompted.

More info: The Dell installer actually removes support for the standard Microsoft Media Center remote by running this registry file. The dash "-" tells the registry to delete this key from the registry.

Changing it to get rid of the dash simply means to add this back to the registry. It simply adds back support for this remote.

07-27-2009, 01:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
ejohnson0547 Notebook Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 15	Re: Studio XPS Owners: Have you figured out how to get a non-Dell remote working? There is a very easy way to get the standard Microsoft Media Center Remote control to work with the Studio XPS laptops. First download the IR Drivers from the Dell website for the Studio XPS 13. It should be a file R196531.exe. Use Winzip to extract the files from this exe. There is a file called "MSFT.reg" Right click on this file MSFT.reg, and select "Edit". It should open this file in Notepad. The second line will look like this: [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\HidIr\Remotes\745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da] Simply edit this line and remove the beginning dash "-" so it is this: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\HidIr\Remotes\745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da] Save it. Then just double click on it. Click "Yes" when prompted. More info: The Dell installer actually removes support for the standard Microsoft Media Center remote by running this registry file. The dash "-" tells the registry to delete this key from the registry. Changing it to get rid of the dash simply means to add this back to the registry. It simply adds back support for this remote.