Re: Upgrade XP Pro to XP MCE Question

On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:25:59 -0800, "relic" <relic2@xxxxxxx> wrote:

In what sense is it a "downgrade.

MCE is XP Home Edition with enhancements for the multimedia environment.
Install it on top of XP Pro if you think it's an upgrade.

Do you actually have a copy of this on a machine? I have two identical
machines and both are XP Pro except one edition has the media center.

I see no differences between the two and thusly it seems plausible
that an over the top might work.

In any event with many GB's of applications I don't follow the windoze
defaults and install on one massive C primary partition. With the
exception of but a few, all apps are installed on a partition devoted
to applications.

I could just install anyway and restore from my removable back up
drive, but I was hoping to hear from the voice of *experience* on this
particular issue.

So, do you both or have been able to do a side by side comparison?


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