Re: Add XP Pro to a new factory MCE box

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Thanks Doug. It's great to hear that MCE handles IIS also, but how do I
get it started? As I mentioned, it's not in my Services list (at least,
not starting with the letter "I" that I can tell.

I just need to know what to do to get IIS running on MCE box. If I
don't need to load PRO, I certainly won't bother. Do you know the steps
I need to take for that? TIA.

Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] wrote:
IIS will run just fine on Media Center. As you've found, MCE is a superset
of XP Pro, with the same features. If you really feel you need to dual
boot, you'll need to purchase a second hard disk, or use commercially
available disk partitioning software to resize your current partition and
make room for a new one. Then you can run the XP Pro setup from within MCE
and choose Custom installation, and point it to the new partition. It will
automatically create the necessary boot menu entries.

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"BillyG" <bgirlardo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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After my Home box finally crashed, I broke down and purchased a new MCE
one. I also recently received my free XP PRO CD (via my school's
program with Microsoft) and would like to add it as a bootup option for
my new machine.

Obviously, I want to make doubly sure I don't mess up my original MCE
install (yes Ghost backs up up for me nightly, but still...), is there
anything I need to know besides following the install directions (which
I hope will be self-explanatory)?

btw: after reading this comment all over the place from
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support/browse_thread/thread/6e231cfa8aef946f/41c2f53eab39f489?lnk=st&q=install+Windows+XP+Pro+with+Windows+MCE&rnum=6&hl=en#41c2f53eab39f489
:

"Are you aware that Windows XP Professional is a subset of XP Media
Center, and there's nothing in XP Professional that's not also in Media
Center, except the ability to join a domain (and very few home users
need that). Doing this is very likely not worth the cost and effort."

I checked my services and don't see IIS running (or even in the list),
which is the whole reason I want to load it in the first place, or is
the quoted "ability to join a domain" alluding to the server service?
Bottom line, I need to practice ASP.NET for school and was told that
Apache doesn't work good with ASP.NET. Any clarification on this would
be appreciated too (maybe I just need to register the service?).

I suppose I could just follow LH's tutorial
http://lifehacker.com/software/ubuntu/hack-attack-how-to-tripleboot-windows-xp-vista-and-ubuntu-193474.php
(since yes I have an Ubuntu CD too so what the heck) with the
exception that my OS's would be the factory MCE, XP Pro, and Ubuntu,
but if MCE has IIS already, there's no need to waste the PRO key for
nothing.

While I'm at it, I've also heard about adding IIS to Home, so if
needed, couldn't I just add it to MCE if necessary? If so, and you know
the steps, I'd appreciate that too.

Sorry lots of questions, but all pertinent for me to go forward. TIA.


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