Re: Media Center 2005 question

From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:45:59 +0100

"Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@scriptpro.com> wrote in message
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> Mike,
>
> The ability to join a domain was one of the major differences between XP
> Pro
> and XP Home. Are you saying that MCE 2005 is now based on XP Home and not
> XP
> Pro? This ability may not be needed in the home, but many professionals do
> indeed have a domain at home, and many businesses apparently buy Media
> Center PCs.
>
> Dana Cline - MVP

Dana,

No - I said it is still based primarily on Windows XP Professional - BUT
that is now modified to no longer support Domain joining, so you shift you
mind from the idea of MCE being based on top of anything to Windows XP Media
Center Edition being a unique member of the Windows XP family of operating
system products.

Domain operation is not a common home use scenario and MCE is a consumer
product and not targeted at the corporate desktop space, that is the
province of Windows XP Professional. 

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Regards,
Mike
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"Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@scriptpro.com> wrote in message 
news:OrIQu1FsEHA.2000@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Mike,
>
> The ability to join a domain was one of the major differences between XP 
> Pro
> and XP Home. Are you saying that MCE 2005 is now based on XP Home and not 
> XP
> Pro? This ability may not be needed in the home, but many professionals do
> indeed have a domain at home, and many businesses apparently buy Media
> Center PCs.
>
> Dana Cline - MVP
>
> "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:OdvePKEsEHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> "Oguz" <Oguz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:956790A8-0D68-4130-ADCC-76C1D41811F9@microsoft.com...
>> > Is the MCE Windows XP Professional + MCE or Windows XP Home + MCE.
>>
>> All current Windows XP Media Center Editions are based on Windows XP
>> Professional.
>> However the 2005 version have been altered in that they no longer support
> at
>> least one feature of the Windows XP Professional base that is was
> originally
>> built upon.  If you do a clean install you are no longer ale to join
> domain.
>> So in the context of MCE 2005 is it no longer accurate to refer to it as 
>> a
>> super set of Windows XP Professional it is now a new variant of the
> Windows
>> XP family.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mike
>> --
>> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights
>>
>> Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
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>>
>> "Oguz" <Oguz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:956790A8-0D68-4130-ADCC-76C1D41811F9@microsoft.com...
>> > Is the MCE Windows XP Professional + MCE or Windows XP Home + MCE.
>>
>>
>
>