velfarreclubber Posted May 12, 2005 Posted May 12, 2005 I just did a clean install, bought it from a retailor came w/ 2 cds. Things are looking good except for the themes, looks like windows 2000 but the main problem is that i can't connect to the internet. Setting up a network won't work, won't open, internet explorer icon is not fully displayed but it shows a rectangle w/ some picture in it and when you click it, the pc will try to look for the program.During the install it asked to put in a cd for service pack 2 which i don't have, so i just clicked cancel and the installation just kept going. Is that the reason why there are some bugs? **** i just had high hopes when i saw the fedex package for the MCE at my door, i can't wait to get it to work correctlyany help would be greatly appreciated!
velfarreclubber Posted May 12, 2005 Author Posted May 12, 2005 oh yeah i like to add, I reformatted the drive installed xp home then used the upgrade method for mce, but the outcome is xp pro no mce?
Marsden Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 You CAN NOT upgrade from Pro or Home to MCE.It must be a clean install of MCE...
flupke Posted May 24, 2005 Posted May 24, 2005 You CAN upgrade from Home or Pro to Media Center or Tablet PC. I did the upgrade from Home Edition SP2 in Dutch to Media Center Edition 2005 in Dutch and it works good. Before you upgrade you have to add in regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\WPA\MediaCenter , in this key you make a DWORD "Installed" with value "1". I found this out myself because if you first try to upgrade windows setup makes a file in c:\windows\ with the reason why it does not upgrade.
WBHoenig Posted May 24, 2005 Posted May 24, 2005 Two things...1.You CAN NOT upgrade from Pro or Home to MCE.It must be a clean install of MCE...Yes You can, I do it all the time w/o any reg entry. And, yes, it is a legal copy, I can activate, my product key is just fine, and my sticker is also.2. Are you sure this is a LEGAL copy you are using? Illegal copies usually have bugs implanted in them on purpose.
velfarreclubber Posted May 27, 2005 Author Posted May 27, 2005 I got it working by doing a clean install correctly, what you do is 1. put in cd 1 then cd 2 and when it asks you to put in service pack 2 you just put in cd 1 again and installation will be done. what i screwed up was when it asked to put in sp2 i just clicked cancel
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