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Windows XP Media Center - need CD.
« on: September 15, 2010, 05:12:02 PM »
Any of you folks have a spare Win XP Media Center edition CD?  Working on a machine for a friend that came with XP MedCtr and want to do a fresh install but they can't find the media and no one in the office has a disc.  I have cds for Home, Pro, and 2000, just not Media Center (lucky me, eh?) 

I have the product key so all I need is the media.

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Re: Windows XP Media Center - need CD.
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2010, 05:27:33 PM »
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Re: Windows XP Media Center - need CD.
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2010, 05:30:47 PM »
Thanks!!

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Re: Windows XP Media Center - need CD.
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2010, 06:21:26 PM »
I've got an ISO at work, for a Dell OEM XP media center disk, if need be.
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Re: Windows XP Media Center - need CD.
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2010, 06:30:54 PM »
Thanks for offering.  Got a fix-up on the way.

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Re: Windows XP Media Center - need CD.
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2010, 06:40:22 PM »
I will say that mine are ISO's from a Microsoft online repository.

I'm obviously not including the license keys, and there are situations where OEM licenses will not work with MS-originated discs.  I can't remember if there are 3 classes of license keys or only 2, but it's either OEM/MS, or OEM/Retail/MS...

It might be best to obtain the Dell discs above as a backup in case mine don't work for you.  If you're working off of a set of OEM licenses, it's possible that my discs won't work.

Of course, WinXP-MCE was a pretty small release in the marketplace and there may only be one licensing scheme for it at all.
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Re: Windows XP Media Center - need CD.
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2010, 11:56:40 PM »
It the OEM key, the one printed right on the machine.

I wonder if XP Home will recognize the XP-MCE key as valid?  If it will I'll just go that route as I already have media.

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Re: Windows XP Media Center - need CD.
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2010, 12:02:21 AM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on September 15, 2010, 11:56:40 PM
I wonder if XP Home will recognize the XP-MCE key as valid?  If it will I'll just go that route as I already have media.

Brad

Nope.  They are different.
I've got an OEM XP-MCE set in the shop.  I'm saving it for a laptop that is awaiting repairs.  If your "Plan A" doesn't work out, I can burn a copy of the set and send it your way.  It's three CDs.
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