Check your Media Center version number

While investigating the latest Media Center update rollup, I ran across a post at the new Green Button forums that explains how to check the version number of the Media Center components. That in turn led to this useful page on the intricacies of Media Center version numbers by Mark Salloway.

Using the remote control, press More Info, then choose Settings, General, About Media Center, Software Version.

For some strange reason, the version number I see here (which represents my Media Center installation before installing today’s update) isn’t listed on either table. Fortunately, today’s updates incremented the version number to 5.1.2715.2883, which appears to confirm I have the most recent version.

I’m so relieved.