<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Ken Truesdale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kat@tiac.net">kat@tiac.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:23 PM, Ronald Frazier wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> Well, as far as I know, it is supposed to be able to be activated in<br>
> linux. That said, I couldn't actually get it to do so, and it wasn't<br>
> until I put it in the windows box that it activated (though even then<br>
> we had some trouble).<br>
<br>
</div>Any suggestion for version or edition of Windows for me to do this? Win XP Pro okay or do I need something newer or do I need a MCE?<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>What does activation have to do with the OS? From what I understand, you put the CC in the device and call Comcast with the pairing IDs for the CC and device. Also, none of the device manufacturers require Windows so there should be no OS requirement. That said, since I have never done this, I am certainly no authority. What troubles did you have in Windows?<br>
<br>-Tom<br>