MCE2005

DJMK4 · 13 May 2008 at 19:37

Im building a machine which is going to be running MCE2005 on as a media box, only thing is i want to be able to use this machine as a download box too which I can run a torrent client on and be able to connect to remotely, is this possible with MCE?

paradigm · 13 May 2008 at 19:40

IIRC Media Center Edition has all the features of Professional, but without being able to join a domain (without a registry hack - which makes it Professional + Media Center).

So in theory at least, you should have Remote Desktop available.

DJMK4 · 13 May 2008 at 21:12

paradigm said:
IIRC Media Center Edition has all the features of Professional, but without being able to join a domain (without a registry hack - which makes it Professional + Media Center).

So in theory at least, you should have Remote Desktop available.

So you do have the ability to install applications etc? I was going to use a variation of remote desktop/pcanywhere.

Aslong as you can install applications like you can with XP, thats all I need.

zetec452 · 13 May 2008 at 21:16

[Sniper][Wolf];11681844 said:
Aslong as you can install applications like you can with XP, thats all I need.

Yes you can, anything XP Home can do, MCE can do plus the media bits.

DJMK4 · 13 May 2008 at 21:23

Cool cool

bledd · 13 May 2008 at 21:27

i was confused about this before getting it too

MCE is just xp home, but it has a program on it that you can run called media centre, basically it's a fullscreen windows media player, with tv

paradigm · 13 May 2008 at 21:58

bledd. said:
i was confused about this before getting it too

MCE is just xp home, but it has a program on it that you can run called media centre, basically it's a fullscreen windows media player, with tv

No its not.

Its XP PRO with Media Center added, and domain joining removed via dll and registry.

bledd · 13 May 2008 at 22:50

i know that, (and have posted it before

) but it's easier to just say it's home

DJMK4 · 13 May 2008 at 23:10

is there any way of doing it the other way around?

can you get XP on the machine then install some sort of media portal

paradigm · 13 May 2008 at 23:13

[Sniper][Wolf];11682621 said:
is there any way of doing it the other way around?

can you get XP on the machine then install some sort of media portal

Lol, you used the exact words that describe that situation.

"Media Portal" is a free Media Center style application that can sit on top of a "normal" Windows XP installation.