XP Media Center to XP Pro?

[JAD]

Hi guys,

Noobie here with an easy question hopefully. I am consdeiring buying my friend's Dell XPS M140 that's pretty loaded. The only problem is it has XP Media Center and I NEED XP Pro for network access at work. Can I switch it to XP Pro and what is the best way to do that? Thanks!

 

[Geoff]

If you want to switch to Pro, you need to buy an XP Pro CD for around $140. But you can easily install it.

 

[davidireland]

Are you SURE you need XP pro for work? The reason I ask is because Media Center has a lot of the same features as XP Pro. Media Center is built around the XP Professional core. Just a thought...

 

[SFR]

Are you SURE you need XP pro for work? The reason I ask is because Media Center has a lot of the same features as XP Pro. Media Center is built around the XP Professional core. Just a thought...

...Without a few of the networking capabilities. For instance, with MCE 2005 you are unable to join a domain. However, you can still gain access to shared domain resources

 

[JAD]

Are you SURE you need XP pro for work? The reason I ask is because Media Center has a lot of the same features as XP Pro. Media Center is built around the XP Professional core. Just a thought...

Yeah....I'm a Realtor with a very large firm. In order to even add youto the network they look at your machine to see whether it has XP Pro. Corporate policy

 

[JAD]

If you want to switch to Pro, you need to buy an XP Pro CD for around $140. But you can easily install it.

Acutally I have the CD I'm just not sure how I would go about installing it with XP Media already on the computer???

 

[Geoff]

Acutally I have the CD I'm just not sure how I would go about installing it with XP Media already on the computer???

You load it into the CD/DVD Drive, restart the computer, and it will prompt you if you want to run from the CD, then you can install it over the existing OS.