Re: MediaCenter 2k5 as Home Server?

On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 21:02:55 -0400, "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]"
<dknoxNO@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you're referring to Windows Home Server, then no, its not feasible.
Windows Home Server and Windows Media Center are two distinct operating
systems and cannot coexist on the same PC

However, MCE can install the WHS Connector and use the features available
on a separate WHS machine as you'd expect.
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