Is it safe to Upgrade Windows XP Media Center to XP Pro??

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December 18, 2006 at 9:57 pm #2263416

Is it safe to Upgrade Windows XP Media Center to XP Pro??

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by pr0t31n_w13 · about 17 years, 4 months ago

Is it safe to Upgrade Windows XP Media Center to XP Pro??

Do I must reinstall all drivers and program that was on Media Center?

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- December 18, 2006 at 9:57 pm #2502950
  
  Clarifications
  
  by pr0t31n_w13 · about 17 years, 4 months ago
  
  In reply to Is it safe to Upgrade Windows XP Media Center to XP Pro??
  
  Clarifications
- December 18, 2006 at 11:37 pm #2502933
  
  It is safe
  
  by jamesatmaisonverre · about 17 years, 4 months ago
  
  In reply to Is it safe to Upgrade Windows XP Media Center to XP Pro??
  
  It is safe as alot of the component in xp pro are in media centre but you will loose media centre funtionality
- December 19, 2006 at 3:10 am #2502909
  
  Never done it myself
  
  by tony hopkinson · about 17 years, 4 months ago
  
  In reply to Is it safe to Upgrade Windows XP Media Center to XP Pro??
  
  but I’ve heard reports of problems with XP’s networking side of things afterwords.
  Personally I’d back up my data, wipe and start again. MS’s track record on managing dlls etc through upgrades is less than brilliant.
- January 8, 2007 at 1:50 pm #2487415
  
  Same underlying OS
  
  by cfdnecr82 · about 17 years, 3 months ago
  
  In reply to Is it safe to Upgrade Windows XP Media Center to XP Pro??
  
  XP MCE is Windows XP Pro with the Media components added on.
  - January 8, 2007 at 3:26 pm #2487374
    
    not exactly
    
    by w2ktechman · about 17 years, 3 months ago
    
    In reply to Same underlying OS
    
    Media center is more like an in between from home/pro for networking and less than both for other items, and it adds the extra media components.
    
    To answer the original question, I have not tried. I would take Tony’s suggestion, back it up or ghost it, then try the upgrade. I dont trust upgrades much, but it is essentially the same OS with minor changes.
- January 8, 2007 at 3:49 pm #2487366
  
  unless you need to join the machine to a domain
  
  by cg it · about 17 years, 3 months ago
  
  In reply to Is it safe to Upgrade Windows XP Media Center to XP Pro??
  
  I’d leave media center in there. That’s the only “upgrade” benefit you’ll get between Media Center and Pro.
  
  Wait until Vista for consumers comes out before upgrading. Vista Ultimate has many of the media center gadgets.
  - January 8, 2007 at 4:17 pm #2487354
    
    Did you just
    
    by w2ktechman · about 17 years, 3 months ago
    
    In reply to unless you need to join the machine to a domain
    
    tell someone to move to Vista???
    
    How unprofessional of you.
    - January 9, 2007 at 5:10 am #2489649
      
      Domain Joining only advantage of XPP
      
      by 1bn0 · about 17 years, 3 months ago
      
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      I have been researching this for a client. He wants to buy a new notebook. I have found a good deal but it includes XP MCE. From the research I have done Domain Joining is the ONLY thing you will gain and you WILL lose functionallity from MCE. Unless you are using the machine in an environment wher the machine MUST BE A MEMBER OF A DOMAIN to access server resources, I dont think the upgrade will be of any advantage to you.
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