{"id":2718,"date":"2017-04-27T01:37:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T23:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2017-10-20T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:39:00","slug":"media-feature-pack-for-windows-10-n-version-1703","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/04\/27\/media-feature-pack-for-windows-10-n-version-1703\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 N Version 1703"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/win102.jpg\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" align=\"left\" \/>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/12\/media-feature-pack-fr-windows-10-n-version-1703\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German<\/a>]Some users are losing the ability to use media feature after upgrading to Windows 10 N Creators Update. The reason: They are using an N version of Windows 10, and they need a Media Feature Pack to add the missing media features again. Here are a few details.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>What is Windows 10 N?<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl-vg03.met.vgwort.de\/na\/5114653974e74507a8a2f284d9370006\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>Most of my English language readers are not aware, that there are Windows N versions. Windows N was forced from EU commission several years ago, because Microsoft misused it's market position. Windows 10 N is an operating system version without Media Player and media features. N stands for no media features. A similar Windows 10 KN variant has been released for Korea.<\/p>\n<h3>What if I 've installed Windows N and what's a Media Feature Pack?<\/h3>\n<p>If Windows 10 N is installed, no media features are available. There is no Windows Media Player, but you are able to use VLC-Player for media play back. But without media features, Windows 10 N can't support:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apps with media play back features (Groove Music, Video app etc.) won't work<\/li>\n<li>Connecting smartphones, cameras and mobile devices via USB cable fails, because there is no support for media transfer using Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) and Media Transfer Protocol (MTP).<\/li>\n<li>Edge browser can't display PDF documents, because there is not support for that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/3133719\/media-feature-pack-for-n-editions-of-windows-10-version-1607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This Microsoft site<\/a> list more restrictions for Windows 10 N. But it's easy to fix that: Just install the Media Feature Pack, and the missing features will be added.<\/p>\n<h3>Where to obtain the Media Feature Pack?<\/h3>\n<p>Microsoft offers the Media Feature Pack for Windows N for free download. The problem: Each Windows build need it's customized Media Feature Pack and it's sometimes hard to find the right download address. Microsoft has created the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/3145500\/media-feature-pack-list-for-windows-n-editions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media Feature Pack list for Windows N editions<\/a> page linking all Media Feature Packs for supported Windows versions. Further details about the Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 N Version 1703 may be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/4016817\/media-feature-pack-for-n-edition-of-windows-10-version-1703-april-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB4016817<\/a>. Just download the appropriate version, install the pack and restart. Then the missing media feature should be available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Similar articles:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/win10-wiki\/\">Windows 10 V1703 Wiki<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/07\/08\/check-and-repair-windows-system-files-and-component-store\/\">Check and repair Windows system files and component store<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/04\/14\/windows-10-creators-update-tips-and-faq\/\">Windows 10 Creators Update \u2013 Tips and FAQ<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=2665\">Windows 10 Creators Update Troubleshooting<\/a> \u2013 part 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/04\/25\/windows-10-disk-cleanup-is-causing-a-blue-screen\/\">Windows 10: Disk Cleanup is causing a Blue Screen<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/04\/24\/windows-10-v1703-superfetch-service-fails\/\">Windows 10 V1703: SuperFetch service fails<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/04\/25\/windows10-v1703-blue-screen-issues-with-ibm-notes-9-0-1\/\">Windows 10 V1703: Blue screen issues with IBM Notes 9.0.1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[German]Some users are losing the ability to use media feature after upgrading to Windows 10 N Creators Update. The reason: They are using an N version of Windows 10, and they need a Media Feature Pack to add the missing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/04\/27\/media-feature-pack-for-windows-10-n-version-1703\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[463,2],"tags":[791,790],"class_list":["post-2718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issue","category-windows","tag-media-feature-pack","tag-windows-10-n-creators-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}