Dave C Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Try out the features of MCE without actually installing it. This guy took out all the executables for Media Center applications and is offering them up for download. http://digg.com/software/Convert_Windows_XP_to_Media_Center_w_17MB_download Is this legit? I don't want to blow away my drive to install a new OS but I would like to have the benefits of the Media Center for the xbox 360 capabilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 I'm probably doing an OS reinstall this week. If I do, I'll toss this on and see if it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave C Posted December 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Good luck. Personally, I'm afraid to try it. Although a clean install is probably the safest (and most legit) way to go. I wish MS would offer an upgrade patch to convert from XP S2 or XP Home Ed. To Media Center Edition. I would gladly fork over $$$ to avoid a clean install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 I would gladly fork over $$$ to avoid a clean install. Considering the fact that's it's really a downgrade from XP Pro, they should offer that to us. I'm thinking of doing this on my "backup" PC at home and then putting all of my media files on there. But games take precident at the moment. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 meh, tried on a fresh install, errors upon running, such is life...restored back to before i installed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave C Posted December 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 meh, tried on a fresh install, errors upon running, such is life...restored back to before i installed.... Thanks for being the guinea pig and letting us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Travis, did you try slip-streaming the files on your XP disk or did you just dump them in the Windows directory after the install? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 I just ran the 2 files in the package after the install. The first file makes some registry changes, the other installs the MCE software. I got nothing but errors when trying to run the MCE software after it installed which seems to be other peoples experiences as well with this pacakge. You could always give it a shot and see if you have better luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary P Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Trav, is this the package I sent to you? I don't understand what you mean about the second file in the package "installing the MCE Software" I know Tom's install got hosed at some point and he ended up reinstalling the MCE roll-up 2 amongst other things, but his installer was straight from MSDN. Sorry my idea caused so much trouble:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Gary, this is the package from the link above. The drive with MCE on it went bad and I opted for an xp pro install just so i could get back up and running fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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