Re: Upgrade MCE to Pro

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From: Bob [MVP] (bob_at_nospam.org)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:22:20 -0500

> But how do we solve his specific problem. He has an application that is
> looking for XP Pro and doesn't see Media Center 2002 as XP Pro.

He didn't say that was his specific problem. Did he? 

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"Doug Frisk" <PublicNews@removeme.fazwak.com> wrote in message news:%23s6MHWfEFHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> "Bob [MVP]" <bob@nospam.org> wrote in message 
> news:%23wTrbbZEFHA.4072@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>A couple XP Pro features are missing in MCE 2005,
>> but MCE 2002 and MCE 2004 are true supersets of
>> XP Pro.  So there is no need to *downgrade* from
>> MCE 2002 to XP Pro.
> 
> But how do we solve his specific problem.  He has an application that is 
> looking for XP Pro and doesn't see Media Center 2002 as XP Pro.  Application 
> compatibility isn't going to help because "pretend to be XP" isn't an 
> option.
> 
> I'd say the only option is to contact the application vendor for help. 
> 
>

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