My SETUP:

I recently purchased a Dell Zeno HD (Inspiron 410) and included the Media Remote when I configured the system. I purchased the computer to serve as a Media Center PC. It's connected to my primary TV and is always in Windows Media Center. So, the remote is my primary form of input to the PC (though I have a keyboard handy that I can attach when I need to).

ISSUES:

- In Media Center to enter text into a field (such as for searching the program guide) it should be possible to press 'OK' on the remote to bring up an on screen keyboard. This doesn't work with the Media Remote provided by Dell.

- Many of the buttons typically found on a Media Center remote are absent from the Dell Media Remote offered with the Zeno: MyVideos, MyMusic, etc...

QUESTIONS:

- Is there any way to get the 'OK' button to work properly in text fields. I really want my Media Center PC to act more like an appliance (like a DVD player) rather than a computer so that guests and others in my house hold can easily operate it.

- Is there any way to customize the buttons on the remote? Some remotes actually have applications for doing this. Thus far, I have not even been able to identify which device in Device Manager is the IR receiver and which driver controls it. It's kind of hard to believe that the configuration is just hard-coded in the driver software. Is there a configuration file or registry entries to customize anything?

- I have a Harmony One remote that I've used in the past for Media Center computers, but the IR signals sent out by this remote seem to be different from those of usual media center remotes. If there's a way to configure my Harmony to do everything I need (including bringing up the on-screen keyboard) then I would be even more happy. However, I have only been able to get the Harmony to mimic the Dell Media Remote functionality (No on screen keyboard, no specialized media buttons such as MyVideos, etc.) Thanks for any help.