Windows XP Media Center Upgrade

August 24, 2008

Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done

using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or do

I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks that

I would like to be done with.)

August 25, 2008

Re: Windows XP Media Center Upgrade

Media Center in Windows XP

The final version of Windows XP Media Center Edition was 2005 Update Rollup

2 (UR2), which is basically Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2)

with the additional Media Center functionality. The main feature of Windows

Professional Edition that Media Center 2005 lacks is support for Domain

Controllers. XP MCE 2005 was the first version of Media Center that could be

bought other than on a pre-built system, but it was available only under OEM

licensing.

Windows XP Media Center 2005 runs well on relatively low-end hardware, such

as a Celeron D with integrated graphics (256 MB of video memory required to

view HDTV content). Because Vista's more intense graphics (for translucent

and glowing effects) require a more powerful computer, MCE 2005 is still

popular.

"Art" <Art@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:6018295C-B24D-472F-A4D3-62CAA195B468@microsoft.com...

Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done

using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or

do

I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks

that

I would like to be done with.)

August 25, 2008

Re: Windows XP Media Center Upgrade

Thanks for the info on XP Media Center; however, my basic question is: 'Can I

use the 'XP Professional Upgrade' to upgrade 'XP Media Center' to 'XP

Professional'?

"ColTom2" wrote:

> Media Center in Windows XP

> The final version of Windows XP Media Center Edition was 2005 Update Rollup

> 2 (UR2), which is basically Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2)

> with the additional Media Center functionality. The main feature of Windows

> Professional Edition that Media Center 2005 lacks is support for Domain

> Controllers. XP MCE 2005 was the first version of Media Center that could be

> bought other than on a pre-built system, but it was available only under OEM

> licensing.

> Windows XP Media Center 2005 runs well on relatively low-end hardware, such

> as a Celeron D with integrated graphics (256 MB of video memory required to

> view HDTV content). Because Vista's more intense graphics (for translucent

> and glowing effects) require a more powerful computer, MCE 2005 is still

> popular.

>

> "Art" <Art@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:6018295C-B24D-472F-A4D3-62CAA195B468@microsoft.com...

> Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done

> using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or

> do

> I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks

> that

> I would like to be done with.)

>

August 25, 2008

RE: Windows XP Media Center Upgrade

"Art" wrote:

> Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done

> using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or do

> I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks that

> I would like to be done with.)

August 25, 2008

RE: Windows XP Media Center Upgrade

"Art" wrote:

> Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done

> using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or do

> I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks that

> I would like to be done with.)

August 25, 2008

Re: Windows XP Media Center Upgrade

"Art" wrote:

> Thanks for the info on XP Media Center; however, my basic question is: 'Can I

> use the 'XP Professional Upgrade' to upgrade 'XP Media Center' to 'XP

> Professional'?

>

> "ColTom2" wrote:

>

> > Media Center in Windows XP

> > The final version of Windows XP Media Center Edition was 2005 Update Rollup

> > 2 (UR2), which is basically Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2)

> > with the additional Media Center functionality. The main feature of Windows

> > Professional Edition that Media Center 2005 lacks is support for Domain

> > Controllers. XP MCE 2005 was the first version of Media Center that could be

> > bought other than on a pre-built system, but it was available only under OEM

> > licensing.

> > Windows XP Media Center 2005 runs well on relatively low-end hardware, such

> > as a Celeron D with integrated graphics (256 MB of video memory required to

> > view HDTV content). Because Vista's more intense graphics (for translucent

> > and glowing effects) require a more powerful computer, MCE 2005 is still

> > popular.

> >

> > "Art" <Art@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:6018295C-B24D-472F-A4D3-62CAA195B468@microsoft.com...

> > Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done

> > using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or

> > do

> > I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks

> > that

> > I would like to be done with.)

> >

August 25, 2008

RE: Windows XP Media Center Upgrade

"keng" wrote:

>

> "Art" wrote:

>

> > Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done

> > using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or do

> > I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks that

> > I would like to be done with.)

August 25, 2008

Re: Windows XP Media Center Upgrade

"ColTom2" wrote:

> Media Center in Windows XP

> The final version of Windows XP Media Center Edition was 2005 Update Rollup

> 2 (UR2), which is basically Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2)

> with the additional Media Center functionality. The main feature of Windows

> Professional Edition that Media Center 2005 lacks is support for Domain

> Controllers. XP MCE 2005 was the first version of Media Center that could be

> bought other than on a pre-built system, but it was available only under OEM

> licensing.

> Windows XP Media Center 2005 runs well on relatively low-end hardware, such

> as a Celeron D with integrated graphics (256 MB of video memory required to

> view HDTV content). Because Vista's more intense graphics (for translucent

> and glowing effects) require a more powerful computer, MCE 2005 is still

> popular.

>

> "Art" <Art@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:6018295C-B24D-472F-A4D3-62CAA195B468@microsoft.com...

> Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done

> using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or

> do

> I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks

> that

> I would like to be done with.)

>

August 25, 2008

Re: Windows XP Media Center Upgrade

Art <Art@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional?

AFAIK, Media Center is a superset of XP Pro, with the single exception

that it cannot join a domain (unless you jump through some hoops to

join it at installation time). Switching to XP Pro would get you

nothing except that capability. And, AFAIK, it would be considered a

downgrade and therefore not supported.

--

Tim Slattery

MS MVP(Shell/User)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

August 25, 2008

Re: Windows XP Media Center Upgrade

"Art" <Art@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:47F24EBE-350F-4960-85C7-7581A75742F9@microsoft.com...

> Thanks for the info on XP Media Center; however, my basic question is:

> 'Can I

> use the 'XP Professional Upgrade' to upgrade 'XP Media Center' to 'XP

> Professional'?

>

> "ColTom2" wrote:

>

>> Media Center in Windows XP

>> The final version of Windows XP Media Center Edition was 2005 Update

>> Rollup

>> 2 (UR2), which is basically Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2)

>> with the additional Media Center functionality. The main feature of

>> Windows

>> Professional Edition that Media Center 2005 lacks is support for Domain

>> Controllers. XP MCE 2005 was the first version of Media Center that could

>> be

>> bought other than on a pre-built system, but it was available only under

>> OEM

>> licensing.

>> Windows XP Media Center 2005 runs well on relatively low-end hardware,

>> such

>> as a Celeron D with integrated graphics (256 MB of video memory required

>> to

>> view HDTV content). Because Vista's more intense graphics (for

>> translucent

>> and glowing effects) require a more powerful computer, MCE 2005 is still

>> popular.

>>

>> "Art" <Art@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:6018295C-B24D-472F-A4D3-62CAA195B468@microsoft.com...

>> Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be

>> done

>> using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home',

>> or

>> do

>> I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks

>> that

>> I would like to be done with.)

>>

No.

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