I throught Media Center Edition is positioned between XP Home edition and XP
Pro, and that XP Pro contained addtional capabilities that Media Center
Edition or Home Edition does not support, such as easier network
connectivity, connecting to domains (for my job), advanced security... Isn't
this true?

I would love to stick with Media Center Edition, but I just want to make
sure that I have all the networking capabilities that I know XP Pro has for
my home network, and support when I connect to my employer's network. Any
further insight into this is appreciated.

Thanks again!


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

> "michkal" <michkal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7CF973FA-6286-40F8-81D7-BE08BFBF39C1@microsoft.com
> > I just purchased a laptop with XP Media Center Edition. When I
> > placed the order for my laptop I forgot to order it with XP Pro
> > installed, so I purchased the XP Pro disk afterwards from the
> > manufacturer.
> >
> > I started the XP Pro upgrade from within XP Media Center Edition on
> > the laptop. After the upgrade collected initial configuration
> > information it started the uprade, rebooted, and continued the
> > upgrade to XP Pro from the booted CD. The upgrade started to prompt
> > me to insert the XP Pro CD2 for additional files that it needed.
> > Problem is, there is only one CD for the installation.
> >
> > Is it possible to upgrade to XP Pro from XP Media Center Edition, and
> > if so, what is the best way to proceed without having to do a new
> > install resulting in overwriting the software applications that were
> > already installed?
> >
> > Luckily I made an image of the drive before attempting the XP Pro
> > upgrade and copied it back on the laptop so I can try this again.
>
> Media Center Edition is a super-set of WinXPPro. It contains _everything_
> that WinXP Pro contains. Going from WinXP Media Center Edition to WinXP Pro
> is a DOWNgrade. You would have to format the partition and make a clean
> install.
>
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