Pros / Cons between XP Pro and XP Media Center ?

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Where can I find the differences (& pros cons) between XP Pro and XP
Media Center Edition? Is Media Center just a souped up version of Home
Edition or does it offer the same security as Pro (meaning I don't have
to login safemode under Administrator to perform basic security tasks)?


etc. etc. etc. :-)
 
Five editions of Windows XP compared
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/compare.mspx

"Windows XP Media Center is a superset of Windows XP Professional
Edition that provides a wide range of features to help you use
multimedia technology such as: TV Tuners, FM Tuners, Video Capture
Devices, Digital Cameras and more. These features go above and beyond
what was possible in Windows XP Professional to help make your PC a
digital hub for all your multimedia needs. The key feature that Windows
Professional Edition has that Media Center 2005 lacks is support for
Domain Controllers."

Ref:-http://www.directron.com/xpmedia.html

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
 
*ProteanThread* said:
Where can I find the differences (& pros cons) between XP Pro and XP
Media Center Edition? Is Media Center just a souped up version of Home
Edition or does it offer the same security as Pro (meaning I don't have
to login safemode under Administrator to perform basic security tasks)?


etc. etc. etc. :-)
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WinXP Media Center Edition is a _superset_ (iow, it does
_everything_ WinXP Pro can do (except join a domain), plus contains
additional multi-media features) of WinXP Pro.

Windows XP Media Center Edition Home
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/default.asp


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*ProteanThread* said:
Where can I find the differences (& pros cons) between XP Pro and XP
Media Center Edition? Is Media Center just a souped up version of
Home Edition or does it offer the same security as Pro (meaning I
don't have to login safemode under Administrator to perform basic
security tasks)?
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No, it's essentialy a "souped-up" version of XP *Professional*, not Home. It
doesn't have the ability to join a domain, as Professional does, but
otherwise it's Professional with the extra media features.
 
so i don't have to login under safe mode to change file / folder
permissions or use security features (logged in under admin account) as
i do under XP Home ?
 
what i mean, also, is the user snap in available in Media Center
edition where it is not under XP Home Edition ?
 
*ProteanThread* said:
what i mean, also, is the user snap in available in Media Center
edition where it is not under XP Home Edition ?.
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Yes. I'm running XP Media Centre and it's right here.

As others have said, Media Centre is based on XP Pro, not on XP Home.

However, the one major function of XP Pro that Media Centre will not do is
join a domain based network. If you don't even know what that means, then
you don't need to worry about it.
 
*ProteanThread* wrote:





No, it's essentialy a "souped-up" version of XP *Professional*, not Home. It
doesn't have the ability to join a domain, as Professional does, but
otherwise it's Professional with the extra media features.
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As I read more and more of these explanations (some
in reply to my _own_ inquiry about the difference),
I wonder, _why_ was the ability to join a domain left
out of Media Center? Somebody at MS had a bad night
with their partner and felt pissed off at the world?
 
Anthony said:
As I read more and more of these explanations (some
in reply to my _own_ inquiry about the difference),
I wonder, _why_ was the ability to join a domain left
out of Media Center? Somebody at MS had a bad night
with their partner and felt pissed off at the world?
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I wonder about that too. I can think of a few applications for media centre
in a work environment. Also, it just seems like a pointless thing to do full
stop. I mean they started with XP Pro so it took more effort to remove it as
part of making media centre than it would have to just leave it where it
was.

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'Anthony Buckland' wrote, in part:
| I wonder, _why_ was the ability to join a domain left
| out of Media Center?
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Phil Weldon

| Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
| > *ProteanThread* wrote:
| >
| >
| >>Where can I find the differences (& pros cons) between XP Pro and XP
| >>Media Center Edition? Is Media Center just a souped up version of
| >>Home Edition or does it offer the same security as Pro (meaning I
| >>don't have to login safemode under Administrator to perform basic
| >>security tasks)?
| >
| >
| >
| > No, it's essentialy a "souped-up" version of XP *Professional*, not
Home. It
| > doesn't have the ability to join a domain, as Professional does, but
| > otherwise it's Professional with the extra media features.
| >
| As I read more and more of these explanations (some
| in reply to my _own_ inquiry about the difference),
| I wonder, _why_ was the ability to join a domain left
| out of Media Center? Somebody at MS had a bad night
| with their partner and felt pissed off at the world?
|
 
Robert said:
I wonder about that too. I can think of a few applications for media centre
in a work environment. Also, it just seems like a pointless thing to do full
stop. I mean they started with XP Pro so it took more effort to remove it as
part of making media centre than it would have to just leave it where it
was.
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I believe it's to do with the media extenders used. You'll find out more
by posting to the mediacenter newsgroup than to less focussed groups.
 
Companies will pay more for software than individuals. It's how MS maximises their income.
 
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