XP media to XP pro

Hey guys,
I currently have XP media edition and I am going to try and upgrade to XP pro with my XP pro upgrade cd. Anyone know if this will work?

 

It should work..Why wouldnt it...seeing that pro is more advanced then the media center edition.

 

Yeah, it'll work, really it's be harder the other way around due to MCE driver issues.

 

I just recently went through about 4 or 5 installs of MCE on my new E1505, and it says that it's XP Pro. When installing it says it's installing XP pro, then when it's up it's MCE. Is MCE built on XP Pro, or am I just special?

 

MCE has all the functions Windows XP Professional has (yes, it is built on XP Pro). So 'upgrading' to XP Pro from MCE is actually a downgrade.

 

Why then was there any additional charge for XP Pro over MCE when I bought my XPS M140?

 

According to the MS website, MCE is based on HOME. There is some functionality missing from MCE, and some audio/visual goodies that make it more geared toward home users.

I know it says MS Windows XP Professional, but that is not the case. It is more of a middle-ground. Somewhere between Home and Pro, hence the extra bling.

 

MCE is XP home with media based additions to it, it bridges the gap between XP Home and Pro.

 

I'm telling you what the CD from Dell has. When I install it, it mentions nothing about XP Media Center Edition. It says Installing XP Professional. As a matter of fact, I was worried I had the wrong disc until it finished installing.

 

going from MCE to PRO or vice versa isn't an upgrade or a downgrade. it depends on what you're doing with your computer.

if you need to log into a domain, then you want PRO

if you want all the multimedia stuff, then you want MCE

neither is above or below the other, they serve different needs.

 

yes, MCE is actually PRO with some (networking) stuff turned off and some media stuff added on. you can hack MCE to get the network stuff back. if it was based on HOME, you wouldn't be able to do that.

 

I'm pretty sure Microsoft disagrees with that one.

However, if you can enable some Pro features with a hack, more power to you. You can also make your computer tell you it's completely MS Windows Vista....everywhere you look. That doesn't mean it is.

 

I have Pro...though personally prefer Media Center
Already had Home.

Difference between Home and Pro is minimal and pretty easy to spot in Control Panel.

 

My laptop came with home but i got Pro through MSDN. Didnt notice any difference as I dont use the features anyway.

On the Microsoft website it says Pro supports "Scalable processor support – up to two-way multi-processor support."

What is this? Does it basically mean it is dual core compatible?

 

Ok, well I looked for a long time. I SWEAR that I read on MS's datasheet that MCE was based off home.

However, the only things I find now say it's Pro. So I stand corrected..

"Although Media Center is based on Windows XP Professional, it notably has the ability to join an Active Directory domain disabled. This effectively precludes the use of Media Center in a corporate environment. Media Center still retains most other Windows XP Professional-specific features, such as Remote Desktop and the Encrypting File System."

It can also use media extenders which XP Pro can't. Basically MS says that if you aren't using a TV tuner with MCE, you aren't getting the "full intended experience ".

Sometimes maybe the saying rings true..."if it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck..." In the case of computers however, there are workarounds.