Media Center Edition VS XP-Pro

[Benedictum]

I have a laptop that came with the Media Center Edition. Some software do
not run under this edition. I would like to convert it to XP Pro Edition. Is
this a good idea? Will I be losing some functionalities or gaining more? I
have been scanning the web for differences but could not find any
comparison. Can you help?

 

[Lem]

I have a laptop that came with the Media Center Edition. Some software do
not run under this edition. I would like to convert it to XP Pro Edition. Is
this a good idea? Will I be losing some functionalities or gaining more? I
have been scanning the web for differences but could not find any
comparison. Can you help?

MCE is XP Pro plus the media stuff and minus the ability to join a
domain. Unless you need the ability to join a domain, there is no good
reason to change.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

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[smlunatick]

I have a laptop that came with the Media Center Edition. Some software do
not run under this edition. I would like to convert it to XP Pro Edition. Is
this a good idea? Will I be losing some functionalities or gaining more? I
have been scanning the web for differences but could not find any
comparison. Can you help?

Which software?? Media Center Edition (MCE) has most of the
application / setting that you find in Pro. The only main part that
it does not have is the enhanced networking support for Windows Domain
joining.

A for what you will be loosing is all the "enhance" media controls and
TV control that are delivered in MCE.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have a laptop that came with the Media Center Edition. Some software do
not run under this edition. I would like to convert it to XP Pro Edition. Is
this a good idea?

No, it's a very bad idea. There is no software that runs under XP
Professional but not XP Media Edition. In fact, Media Edition is a
superset of XP Professional--that means it has everything that's in XP
Professional and more--except for one thing: it doesn't have the
ability to join a domain. It's *highly* unlikely that this will solve
your problem.

Will I be losing some functionalities or gaining more?

Both. You would gain the ability to join a domain (something that
hardly any home users need), and you would lose all the
media-center-related functionality.

What is the software you want to run, but can't?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

What software? What error do you get when you try to install or run?