Quick check: Can I use XP Pro Upgrade w/ Media

[Guest]

I'm about to buy a Dell PC w/ XP Media Center, I can use my old XP
Professional Upgrade CD right? I used it to upgrade Regular XP Home Edition
to Pro. Just want to make sure.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Sorry, but there is no supported upgrade path from
Windows Media Center Edition to Windows XP
Professional. I would recommend that you instruct
Dell to install their preinstalled version of Windows
XP Professional in lieu of Windows XP Media Center
Edition.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
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| I'm about to buy a Dell PC w/ XP Media Center, I can use my old XP
| Professional Upgrade CD right? I used it to upgrade Regular XP Home Edition
| to Pro. Just want to make sure.

 

[kurttrail]

I'm about to buy a Dell PC w/ XP Media Center, I can use my old XP
Professional Upgrade CD right? I used it to upgrade Regular XP Home
Edition to Pro. Just want to make sure.

Unless you are trying to join a domain, then you really don't need to
bother with an sideways-grade to Pro as that is the only thing after
install that Pro can do that MCE cannot.

If you do need to join a domain, then you can use your upgrade CD and
Product Key to do a clean install of Pro.

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