Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine if a Windows 8.1 has Media Center installed.
How can I use Windows PowerShell to determine if a version of Windows 8.1 has Media Center installed?
Use WMI and look at the Caption property of the Win32_OperatingSystem WMI class, for example:
(Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).caption
Note You can also use the alias GCIM, or use Get-WmiObject (alias GWMI).