I am working with my son to build a new computer. We need to decide which Microsoft operating system to buy / install. We have a new ASUS motherboard and an Intel Pentium D 3.4GHz (dual core 64 bit). We also have a PCI express 16 graphics card. His primary use is gaming and also MS office applications for school.I have pretty much ruled out XP Pro 64 because I am reading about lack of application and driver support, but open to input on this.We need to choose between XP home, XP Media center, or XP pro (all 32 bit). I am not particularly concerned about Vista upgrade, although I do understand the upgrade path from XP Media includes the full graphical interface improvements in Vista Aero, and the upgrade from XP Home does not.
I have XP Media Center Edition 2002 or 2005 (not sure which) edition on a dell desktop and I have problems with Media Edition so I'd like to go to plain XP home edition. If I buy and run the XP Home upgrade, will that work on top of MCE?
Wondering which versions of XP can Access which other versions of XP.Specifically, can media center edition access media center edition , or do one or both OS's have to be XP PRO. My understanding is that XP Home cannot access or be accessed via Remote Access.
I have a compaq presario c306 laptop. It has a sticker that says "Designed for windows xp" (it came with media center)and it is vista capable. Now, i would like to change it to an SP2 home, since i really don't use the features for media center and the computer has been messed up by malware. Now, i would like to know if it's actually possible, i have the CD and everything, keys, but i dont want to screw with my computer
I was running Win XP Home SP3 when it had a problem. This became fatal due to an IER flaw (Idiot Editing Registry.) Having no idea where my original disc was, I purchased and installed XP Pro SP3. Everything is fine except for the minor irritant that on every start up I am given the choice to start either Pro or Home version.I could probably do the one extra mouse click on a million boots for less trouble that it will take to fix it, but it just offends my compulsive sensibilities. Any suggestions on how to make it go to XP Pro without intervention? I have tried uninstallers and none of them see the Home version. I have deleted all the Home version files, which may have been dumb. I thought about a registry cleaner, but decided to ask before I got myself in trouble.
I have Windows Vista Business Edition; I know that I cannot install that version over Windows XP Media Center, so I was wondering if I can install XP Pro over Media Center without having to reformat, and then install Vista over Pro (also without having to reformat).
my OS went from Media Center to XP Pro and I didn't do it! Now I cannot (or computer cannot) access Common Files, among other issues. For example: Trying to open Common Files (to look for file referenced by Logitech install issue) results in error "C: not formatted". My computer probs all began with some auto update that restarted my computer; upon restart, error "Windows could not start because following file is missing or corrupt: C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32CONFIGSYSTEM". Every time i start computer, it looks for mouse driver, then finds and identifies it then can't "find file specified" and default-directs to C:Prog Files/Common Files/ etc etc. I ran chkdsk, defrag, etc. Finally I ran sfc /scannow and was instructed to insert disk 2 of XP Pro, but I don't have XP Pro. I don't want to take up a whole lot of space with my issue; the above is the end result (so far) of much troubleshooting. And somehow an OS that started off as Media Center became XP Pro.
I'm thinking of builidng a new high end gaming PC, and will be using AMD 64-bit CPU. The big question in my mind is which OS would be the best. Anyone have any thoughts on the matter?
I want to watch tv and surf the internet from my television set. What is the best hardware set up for this? I have DSL internet connection and Digital Cable. I would consider changing everything in order to be able to combine both activities on one set. I also download videos (from Tivo and from the internet.) I am maxing out my storage in both.
I just got a new computer from HP, it's running Windows XP Media Center and is an Athlon X2 4200+ with 2 GB of RAM, right now as seen in the screenshot there are over 60 processes using 50% of my CPU, just while idle...i literaly just got the computer 3 days ago, so i haven't installed any random programs and i am annoyed that all these processes are running
I'm getting a really nice $2000 Dell Dimension 8400 on December 8th, and it comes with Windows Media Center 2005. Anyways, I was wondering if it had the same features of XP Pro, but with the extra media features.
my laptop came with media center edition. I've been told I should upgrade to xp pro. why is this? if I buy xp pro, do I need to worry about it being compatable with all of the laptop specific hardware?
Im debating on whether or not to get WinXP Pro, or get WinXP Media Center Edition. Besides the Media Center application that lets you manage your images, videos, etc., is there any difference? Because I might get a copy of MCE so i could hook up my 360.
whenever i start media centre the speed of the fan on my video card increases a lot, this will continue until i exit mc and go back to windows, once in windows it runs normal...also when i put pc into standby mode the pc goes into standby but the video card fan keeps keeps going...hmmm anyone seen this before? I am really stumped!
I have this version of XP and seldom use it's features and just recently noticed the Media Center access button which was a large green button is now nowhere to be found.
This problem only started recently but I cannot think of anything I have installed or changed that would have contributed.Some time ago, I installed Media Center 11, and when it didn't work well, rolled back to 10. Everything worked ok for several months after the rollback.About two days ago, when I attempted to start MC10, the program screen would come up, then the program shuts down with no error message.I can find no uninstall, either in the directory or in Add/Remove Programs, so I attempted to reinstall over the existing program. The installation program advised that the program I was attempting to install was already fully installed.The problem continues and I am unable to use Media Center 10.
I just bought a XP Media Centre, and I am having problems adding my music to it. It won't recognize albums - or the files. When I add my My Music folder, it adds it, but under Albums, all of my CDs are "Unknown Album". It reads the Artists, but then when I go into artists, it doesn't show the song files when I click on Albums or Songs.
I am currently running Vista but have begun having screen freeze and other problems. I have pretty much decided to install Windows XP. My question is does Windows Media Center come automatically on the XP installation CD or is this something that is separate? I have the reinstall CD's for Vista and there is not a WMC CD with it so I wondered if it was on the OS CD itself.
Mine is a Dell laptop. I have Windows XP Media Center OS installed on my system. The other day it needed to install some windows files and asked to put the OS CD, I put in my Windows XP CD by mistake. It authenticated and installed the OS partially.Now I have two OS on my system. And the Win XP is not correctly installed. I want to un-install the Win XP and delete the files in the system and keep the original installation of Win XP Media Center.
I just formatted my laptop, and for some reason when it boots it makes me choose which windows media center to use, there's 2 options both say windows media center... i formatted it i dont understand how thats still there..?
I had done the PC recovery with HP back to factory defaults.I still have some of my software that i had before the recovery. I was wondering if there was a way to recover the Files i also had before the recovery.
Now my problem is with SP3.As you can see in the title my current OS is Windows XP Professional Media Center Edition SP3 Integrated. However, I do not want SP3 as it is causing problems with my tcp/ip. What I'd like to know is if there's some kind of way I can remove this integrated SP3. I do not have it in my add/remove programs clearly as it is not manually installed.
So I just got the Xbox 360 COD special edition. There's an option to somehow connect your computer to your Xbox. The requirement is to go through the Media Center. Well, first time starting up the Media Center on my computer, and I'm not able to get the Media Center to open. I receive an error right on startup of the program. It ends up generating a crash report, and closes. I've take 2 screenshots of the error. The first screenshot is of the first error that comes up upon opening the Media Center. The second screenshot is of another error I get when I choose to cancel instead of clicking ok on the first error.
