Media Center Edition 2005 and Professional

[Guest]

On our Dell Dimension E510 computer, the COA sticker says Media Center
Edition 2005, and when I run "winver," I get Media Center Edition. But, if
I run "msinfo32," the OS name is "Windows XP Professional." If I run "sfc
/scannow," it asks for the Professional SP2 CD. Since I thought I might
need to reinstall Windows (upgrade), I attempted to use the DVD that came
with the computer (I ordered it later from Dell). When I run the "Media
Center Edition 2005 w/ Rollup 2" CD, during the installation, the title bar
says "Windows XP Professional." Should I reinstall Window (upgrade), or I am
I just fine? If you need more information, please let me know.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Incorrect version information appears for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887206/en-us

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP 2007
Windows - Shell/User

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| On our Dell Dimension E510 computer, the COA sticker says Media Center
| Edition 2005, and when I run "winver," I get Media Center Edition. But, if
| I run "msinfo32," the OS name is "Windows XP Professional." If I run "sfc
| /scannow," it asks for the Professional SP2 CD. Since I thought I might
| need to reinstall Windows (upgrade), I attempted to use the DVD that came
| with the computer (I ordered it later from Dell). When I run the "Media
| Center Edition 2005 w/ Rollup 2" CD, during the installation, the title bar
| says "Windows XP Professional." Should I reinstall Window (upgrade), or I am
| I just fine? If you need more information, please let me know.

 

[Kelvin Sankar]

I followed the link and found out that indeed I had Media Center Edition
2005. But how can I get it to accept my Media Center 2005 DVD, because it
wants a "Professional" CD/DVD to complete the scan, but I only have the
Media Center Edition 2005 DVD. Thanks!