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How to Convert an XBox to a PC

The Xbox 360 is as much a computer as it is a video game console. You can connect an Xbox 360 to a PC in much the same way as two computers connect to each other. Music and videos and photos from the PC can then be played or watched from the Xbox 360 as if it had been converted into the PC. The procedure is straightforward, providing you have a home network connected to both the Xbox 360 and the PC. Connecting a Xbox 360 to a PC so that the game console can be used as if it was the PC does not void the game console's warranty.

Things You'll Need

Home network

Instructions

- 1
  Download the Microsoft Windows Media 11 program to the desktop of the PC (see the link in Resources). Double-click on the file once it has downloaded. Follow the menu commands to install the program onto the PC.
- 2
  Turn on the Xbox 360. Restart the PC.
- 3
  Double-click on the icon of the Windows Media Player 11 program to launch it.
- 4
  Go to "Library." Select "Media Sharing" from the drop-down menu.
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  Click the "Share My Media" checkbox in the window that pops up on the screen. Click on "OK" in the window.
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  Click on the icon of the Xbox 360 that appears in a new pop-up window. Click on the "Allow" button that is beneath the icon of the Xbox 360.
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  Navigate to the "Media" tab on the Xbox 360's Home menu. Select the "Music," "Pictures" or "Video" icon that is below the "Media" tab. Select "Computer" in the new window that appears.
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  Select a "Music," "Pictures" or "Video" file. Press the "X" button on the game controller to listen to the music, play the video or look at the picture now that the Xbox 360 is acting as if it has been converted into the PC.

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