Help me end this nightmare

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Hi all,

A few months ago I got a laptop from work with Media Edition on it
Rolling Eyes . I'm having terrible problems with it. It keeps losing
the connection to my "M-Audio Transit" (basically an external usb
soundcard), every thing seems fine then it just goes dead. It sometimes
recognises my Creative Zen but usually it doesn't. Both of these work
fine on my desktop PC running XP.

People keep saying that ME has every thing xp does bar some networking
ability. This is not true. Its incompatible with many audio devices.
For something calling itself "media edition" this is pathetic. See this
link for a list of some of the devices it cant handle.
http://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/ts/detail.php?Index=30163&keyword=30163


I got an xp pro upgrade CD from work, but when i go to upgrade it keeps
saying that the key is invalid. But it is valid, I know it is cos on my
desktop it excepts the key (i then cancel the install). The key is good
for 9 more installs (we got one for 15 machines).

Please help me.
 
Hi all,

A few months ago I got a laptop from work with Media Edition on it
Rolling Eyes . I'm having terrible problems with it. It keeps losing
the connection to my "M-Audio Transit" (basically an external usb
soundcard), every thing seems fine then it just goes dead. It sometimes
recognises my Creative Zen but usually it doesn't. Both of these work
fine on my desktop PC running XP.

People keep saying that ME has every thing xp does bar some networking
ability. This is not true. Its incompatible with many audio devices.
For something calling itself "media edition" this is pathetic. See this
link for a list of some of the devices it cant handle.
http://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/ts/detail.php?Index=30163&keyword=30163


I got an xp pro upgrade CD from work, but when i go to upgrade it keeps
saying that the key is invalid. But it is valid, I know it is cos on my
desktop it excepts the key (i then cancel the install). The key is good
for 9 more installs (we got one for 15 machines).


You can't "upgrade" XP MCE to XP Pro. It's not a supported upgrade path.
Going to XP Pro requires a clean install.
 
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