can i upgrade MCE to Win xp pro?

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bought a win xp pro upgrade.
wish to upgrade laptop with media center as cannot connect to the company
domain server.

Is it possible to upgrade from MCE to WinXP Pro?
 
haveaquestion said:
bought a win xp pro upgrade.
wish to upgrade laptop with media center as cannot connect to the company
domain server.

Is it possible to upgrade from MCE to WinXP Pro?
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To be more accurate, it's a "downgrade," and the only way to do it
would be to format the hard drive and start fresh.

WinXP Media Center Edition is a _superset_ (iow, it does
_everything_ WinXP Pro can do (except join a domain), plus contains
additional multi-media features) of WinXP Pro.

Windows XP Media Center Edition Home
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/default.asp


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thanks Bruce....all this is helpful info....

Bruce Chambers said:
To be more accurate, it's a "downgrade," and the only way to do it
would be to format the hard drive and start fresh.

WinXP Media Center Edition is a _superset_ (iow, it does
_everything_ WinXP Pro can do (except join a domain), plus contains
additional multi-media features) of WinXP Pro.

Windows XP Media Center Edition Home
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/default.asp


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Bruce Chambers

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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
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haveaquestion said:
thanks Bruce....all this is helpful info....
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You're welcome.

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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
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=?Utf-8?B?aGF2ZWFxdWVzdGlvbg==?= said:
bought a win xp pro upgrade.
wish to upgrade laptop with media center as cannot connect to the company
domain server.

Is it possible to upgrade from MCE to WinXP Pro?
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You cant downgrade MS OS's.
 
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