No IE installed with Media Center

[Guest]

I recently had to reinstall Media Center on a PC due to errors we don't need
to get into here. When Media Center was originally installed on the PC
everything was working normally and IE was installed and I had no problem
activating windows.

After reinstalling with the same CDs and same license key Ie does not appear
to be on the system although when I go into add/remove programs and click on
windows components it does appear checked. I can't find the exe file on the
windows partition at all.

Other symptoms since the reinstall include:
- DHCP client service does not start automatically even though it is set to
start automatically.
- No Windows activation option on the Start Menu
- When I click Activate Windows icon on the task bar nothing happens and
the icon just goes away.

I can start the DHCP client service easily enough and obtain an IP when I do
so.
I can use Windows Explorer to browse the internet.

The only hardware configuration change is that this time I made a larger
partition for Windows.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I recently had to reinstall Media Center on a PC due to errors we
don't need to get into here. When Media Center was originally
installed on the PC everything was working normally and IE was
installed and I had no problem activating windows.

After reinstalling with the same CDs and same license key Ie does not
appear to be on the system although when I go into add/remove
programs and click on windows components it does appear checked. I
can't find the exe file on the windows partition at all.

Other symptoms since the reinstall include:
- DHCP client service does not start automatically even though it is
set to start automatically.
- No Windows activation option on the Start Menu
- When I click Activate Windows icon on the task bar nothing happens
and the icon just goes away.

I can start the DHCP client service easily enough and obtain an IP
when I do so.
I can use Windows Explorer to browse the internet.

The only hardware configuration change is that this time I made a
larger partition for Windows.

Hi - you might get more expert help in a WinXP MCE group....this one's for
regular XP. When you post in there, you might also include event log errors.

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I recently had to reinstall Media Center on a PC due to errors we don't
need to get into here. When Media Center was originally installed on the
PC everything was working normally and IE was installed and I had no
problem activating windows.

After reinstalling with the same CDs and same license key Ie does not
appear to be on the system although when I go into add/remove programs
and click on windows components it does appear checked. I can't find the
exe file on the windows partition at all.

It should be found at Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

Other symptoms since the reinstall include:
- DHCP client service does not start automatically even though it is set
to start automatically.

Try setting it to manual.

- No Windows activation option on the Start Menu
- When I click Activate Windows icon on the task bar nothing happens and
the icon just goes away.

Is this an OEM machine where the install is BIOS locked? If so, then there
is nothing for you to do.

I can start the DHCP client service easily enough and obtain an IP when I
do so.
I can use Windows Explorer to browse the internet.

The only hardware configuration change is that this time I made a larger
partition for Windows.

Let me know if any of that helps.