I've seen "knowledgeable" sites that refer to it as Home with media extras. On this forum, I've seen it refrerred to as both Pro and Home with the media by the "forum experts". I used to refer to it as pro with the media extras until one of the long time forum experts corrected me.
The Microsoft Media Center site does not specifically state either way but the description would lead one to believe it is Home with media enhancements as they refer to "Windows XP Professional features, specifically Domain Join and Cached Credentials (Credentials Manager for logons) are not included".
I have Genuine Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 on my XPS M1210. I checked the System Information it says I have Windows XP Professional. Here's my question
1. Is Genuine Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 a Windows XP Professional?
2. If it's a Windows XP Professional is it x64 or x32?
I ask this question because in Dell Download site it asks what OS I have. Do I have Windows XP or Windows XP x64?
What you're seeing in System Properties is your Windows XP version information and as such is correct.
To see your Media Center Edition version start Media Center and click Settings> General> About Media Center> Software Version.
Regarding the "is it based on Home or Pro" discussion, it's based on XP Pro. MCE has available Remote Desktop, Multi-processor support, Automated System Recovery, Dynamic Disk Support, Internet Information Services/Personal Web Server, Encrypting
File System, File-level access control. All available in XP Pro. All available in Media Center Edition 2005. None available in XP Home
"AndyVa (Expert): Q: Is it correct that media center is fully built on xp pro?
A: All the Windows XP code is built upon the same code base. Media Center Edition 2005 has some of the features found in XP Pro, such as IIS and Remote Desktop, but not others, such as domain joining and credentials manager..."
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Media Center is XP Home, not Pro with additional Media capabilities.
I just got a new E510 with Media Center and that's what comes up on the System Info. I have XP Pro on an older machine.
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The Microsoft Media Center site does not specifically state either way but the description would lead one to believe it is Home with media enhancements as they refer to "Windows XP Professional features, specifically Domain Join and Cached Credentials (Credentials Manager for logons) are not included".
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File System, File-level access control. All available in XP Pro. All available in Media Center Edition 2005. None available in XP Home
Message Edited by datapod on 10-20-2006 01:04 PM
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Excerpt from: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/chats/transcripts/06_0720_ez_media.mspx
Q: Is it correct that media center is fully built on xp pro?
A: All the Windows XP code is built upon the same code base. Media Center Edition 2005 has some of the features found in XP Pro, such as IIS and Remote Desktop, but not others, such as domain joining and credentials manager..."