Windows XP Media Center Upgrade

[Art]

Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done
using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or do
I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks that
I would like to be done with.)

 

[ColTom2]

Media Center in Windows XP
The final version of Windows XP Media Center Edition was 2005 Update Rollup
2 (UR2), which is basically Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2)
with the additional Media Center functionality. The main feature of Windows
Professional Edition that Media Center 2005 lacks is support for Domain
Controllers. XP MCE 2005 was the first version of Media Center that could be
bought other than on a pre-built system, but it was available only under OEM
licensing.
Windows XP Media Center 2005 runs well on relatively low-end hardware, such
as a Celeron D with integrated graphics (256 MB of video memory required to
view HDTV content). Because Vista's more intense graphics (for translucent
and glowing effects) require a more powerful computer, MCE 2005 is still
popular.





Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done
using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or
do
I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks
that
I would like to be done with.)

 

[Art]

Thanks for the info on XP Media Center; however, my basic question is: 'Can I
use the 'XP Professional Upgrade' to upgrade 'XP Media Center' to 'XP
Professional'?

 

[keng]

Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done
using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or do
I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks that
I would like to be done with.)

 

[keng]

Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done
using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or do
I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks that
I would like to be done with.)

 

[keng]

Thanks for the info on XP Media Center; however, my basic question is: 'Can I
use the 'XP Professional Upgrade' to upgrade 'XP Media Center' to 'XP
Professional'?

 

[keng]

 

[keng]

Media Center in Windows XP
The final version of Windows XP Media Center Edition was 2005 Update Rollup
2 (UR2), which is basically Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2)
with the additional Media Center functionality. The main feature of Windows
Professional Edition that Media Center 2005 lacks is support for Domain
Controllers. XP MCE 2005 was the first version of Media Center that could be
bought other than on a pre-built system, but it was available only under OEM
licensing.
Windows XP Media Center 2005 runs well on relatively low-end hardware, such
as a Celeron D with integrated graphics (256 MB of video memory required to
view HDTV content). Because Vista's more intense graphics (for translucent
and glowing effects) require a more powerful computer, MCE 2005 is still
popular.





Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional? If 'yes', can it be done
using 'XP Professional Upgrade', similarly to upgrading from 'XP Home', or
do
I have to use 'XP Professional Full'? ('XP Media Center' has some quirks
that
I would like to be done with.)

 

[Tim Slattery]

Can XP Media Center be upgraded to XP Professional?

AFAIK, Media Center is a superset of XP Pro, with the single exception
that it cannot join a domain (unless you jump through some hoops to
join it at installation time). Switching to XP Pro would get you
nothing except that capability. And, AFAIK, it would be considered a
downgrade and therefore not supported.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Thanks for the info on XP Media Center; however, my basic question is:
'Can I
use the 'XP Professional Upgrade' to upgrade 'XP Media Center' to 'XP
Professional'?

No.