Differences between MCE and XP Pro

[aikon]

OK, here it is:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\MedCtrUpg]
"IsLegacyMCE"=dword:00000001

Please note that this is a protected key so you will have to use another installation of Windows to change it.

Please, how do I edit a protected registry key from a other Windows installation (or perhaps a BartPE cd, http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/) ?

[EAT MY DUST]

What files in mce makes it faster than xp?

Can anyone help me with this?

It has SP2 ?

Edited June 23, 2006 by EAT MY DUST

[Sonic]

Anyone can list which files from xp pro sp2 differs with xp mce cd1 2k5 (and the best with size) ?

I havn't mce disks here atm, but I'm planning to add mce in my multicd which is actual about 572mb. I hope that will feat on 700mb.

I have read a tweak/h*ck to enable joining domain after setup in mce, this is just the difference with classic xp pro ? Do you think it's "clean" to use a mce cd1 disk instead xp pro sp2 ?

Thanks!

edit: @EAT MY DUST: yes mce disk1 2k5 has sp2 + wmp10 already updated.

[Idontwantspam]

Looking at the price difference (MCE2005: 99 EUR/122 USD vs Pro: 129 EUR/158 USD) you may accept the inconvenience of the missing group policy editor and the centralized management - as long as you can help yourself with some registry tweaks.

Well, my WinXP MCE 2005 SP2 has group policy editor. As stated previously, MCE is XP Pro without support for domains/Active Directory.