XP Media vs. XP Pro

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"Art N" <an@home.com> wrote in message
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>I purchased a Dell 4700 with XP Media edition. I use some developer
> programs from IBM that require XP Profession. Just for kicks, I tried to
> load them on my 4700. The programs validate the OS before installing.
> They
> all loaded on with XP Media.
>
> Obviously, all the prerequisites were present in XP Media. I know that XP
> Media "enhances" the multimedia experience.
>
> What is the difference between XP Pro and XP Media. Does XP Media contain
> most features of XP Pro?
>
>

Media Center Edition is based on XP Pro. The only real difference of which
I am aware is that MCE does not let you log on to a domain and there is even
a very small loophole for that.

Tom

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Thanks to you and Tom for your replies.





"HillBillyBuddhist" <hillbillybuddhistshoes@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Art N" <an@home.com> wrote in message
> news:cLaAe.55556$iU.50850@lakeread05...
> |I purchased a Dell 4700 with XP Media edition. I use some developer
> | programs from IBM that require XP Profession. Just for kicks, I tried
> to
> | load them on my 4700. The programs validate the OS before installing.
> They
> | all loaded on with XP Media.
> |
> | Obviously, all the prerequisites were present in XP Media. I know that
> XP
> | Media "enhances" the multimedia experience.
> |
> | What is the difference between XP Pro and XP Media. Does XP Media
> contain
> | most features of XP Pro?
> |
>
> Decent MCE FAQ @
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] n/faq.mspx
>
> It is XP Pro with the Media Center components added. The exception is the
> ability to join a domain. You can I understand opt to join a domain during
> installation but doing so trades the ability to use Media Center
> extenders.
>
> Other than that MCE has all the functionality of XP Pro such as Remote
> Desktop, Multi-processor support, Automated System Recovery, Dynamic Disk
> Support, Internet Information Services/Personal Web Server, Encrypting
> File
> System, File-level access control etc...
>
> --
> Doug
>
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>
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