Guest (PeteCresswell) Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Did the install once - got into trouble when it kept asking for SP2 - CD1, so I bypassed all those copies and then applied SP2 afterwards. Result was that I can't see any diff from when I started. TB expected maybe - as SP2 could have downleveled the Media Center stuff? But now I'm running a second Media Center install. When all the dust settles, what am I looking for to tune TV programs? I've got an ATSC card in there. Whether the driver is A-OK is another question.... could the absence of a tuner card be making XP look like it's not Media Center? Or am I looking for a specific application (other than Media Player) to tune TV? -- PeteCresswell
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Re: Installing Media Center Over XP Pro: What Am I Looking For? (PeteCresswell) <x@y.Invalid> wrote: > Did the install once - got into trouble when it kept asking for > SP2 - CD1, so I bypassed all those copies and then applied SP2 > afterwards. > > Result was that I can't see any diff from when I started. > > TB expected maybe - as SP2 could have downleveled the Media > Center stuff? > > But now I'm running a second Media Center install. > > When all the dust settles, what am I looking for to tune TV > programs? I've got an ATSC card in there. Whether the driver > is A-OK is another question.... could the absence of a tuner card > be making XP look like it's not Media Center? Or am I looking > for a specific application (other than Media Player) to tune TV? I don't know that you can do an upgrade in place (I'd be inclined to do a clean install myself), but you'll definitely get more expert help if you post in an MCE group.
Guest (PeteCresswell) Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Re: Installing Media Center Over XP Pro: What Am I Looking For? Per (PeteCresswell): >But now I'm running a second Media Center install. > >When all the dust settles, what am I looking for to tune TV >programs? Browsing Microsoft's spiel on watching TV at http://tinyurl.com/32pqdz, it sounds like I should see a Start | Programs | Windows Media Center Second install's done, but there's no such group. Can anybody report that they've successfully installed Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 over top of Windows XP Pro? -- PeteCresswell
Guest (PeteCresswell) Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Re: Installing Media Center Over XP Pro: What Am I Looking For? Per Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]: > you'll definitely get more expert help if you >post in an MCE group. I'm browsing a list of "Microsoft.Public" NGs, but nothing jumps out at me. What does "MCE" stand for? "Media center... something-or-other"? -- PeteCresswell
Guest Bob I Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Re: Installing Media Center Over XP Pro: What Am I Looking For? http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter (PeteCresswell) wrote: > Per Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]: > >>you'll definitely get more expert help if you >>post in an MCE group. > > > I'm browsing a list of "Microsoft.Public" NGs, but nothing jumps > out at me. > > What does "MCE" stand for? > > "Media center... something-or-other"?
Guest smlunatick Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Re: Installing Media Center Over XP Pro: What Am I Looking For? On Oct 15, 1:45 am, "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid> wrote: > Per (PeteCresswell): > > >But now I'm running a second Media Center install. > > >When all the dust settles, what am I looking for to tune TV > >programs? > > Browsing Microsoft's spiel on watching TV athttp://tinyurl.com/32pqdz, it sounds like I should see a Start | > Programs | Windows Media Center > > Second install's done, but there's no such group. > > Can anybody report that they've successfully installed Windows XP > Media Center Edition 2005 over top of Windows XP Pro? > -- > PeteCresswell Media Centre Edition is not an "add-on" to XP Pro. It should not be installed on top of it. As far as I know, you can not install this on top of Pro and it should be re-installed on a "cleaned" hard drive.
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