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How to Load XBMC on an Xbox

The operating system of the Xbox game console, once modified, can access a home network and provide other features not intended by Microsoft. Load the Xbox Media Center (XBMC) on a modified Xbox to provides a graphical interface. A wired home network is needed in order to transfer the XBMC program from a PC that has downloaded it to the Xbox's hard drive.

Things You'll Need

Wired home network

Instructions

- 1
  Turn on the Xbox. Navigate to the "Network" setting. Select "FlashFTP"--which was installed on the Xbox when the operating system was modified--from the list of choices presented beneath "Network"
- 2
  Enter information about the home network and the Xbox in the appropriate text fields of the window that appears.
- 3
  Enter information about the PC's username and password into the appropriate text fields of the window that appears.
- 4
  Click the "Connect" button at the bottom of the window to connect to the PC.
- 5
  Click on the Xbox's "E" drive in the window that appears on the left side of the screen. Double-click on the "Apps" folder when it appears in the window.
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  Double-click on the PC's "C" drive in the window that appears on the right side of the screen. Drag the XBMC file from the window into the "App" folder.
- 7
  Wait as a series of lines scroll up in the bottom of the window on the left side of the screen.
- 8
  Wait for the lines to stop scrolling. Quit the "FlashFTP" program. The XBMC program has been loaded on the Xbox's hard drive and can be installed at any time.

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