RE: Re: XP Media edition in Action Pack

[Paul Crate <CrateP@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have XP Media as part of my MSDN subscription..

Just need to find a machine to load it onto now..

-----Original Message-----
From: big_red_frog [mailto:atod@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 October 2004 10:21
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: XP Media edition in Action Pack




Just tried to post on the MCE forum and I get

Debug error

SQL Error : 1016 Can't open file: 'phpbb_search_wordmatch.MYD'.
(errno: 145)


typical ;-(

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "big_red_frog" <atod@r...> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Well I just read the microsoft faq, it reckons that media center is
> XP Home + and that it has all the functionality of XP home plus the
> media center stuff and that the media center aspects can be
minimised
> or reduced while you do games or standard application type work.
>
> In their words it is the best version of XP to have if you are a
home
> user (guess that messes up their branding policy!)
>
> There is however comment on it cannot deal with business type
domains
> and something about credentials cacheing which means nothing to me.
>
> All I want to know now is if it is safe to attempt an on the fly
> upgrade or if I am going to have to walk through my AV server and
> work out what configurations etc to be ready to reinstall...
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mark McCall" <lists@a...>
wrote:
> > > Good question, I was going to ask the same thing.  I can't
find
> > > anything on
> > > the partner site that provides a 'base spec', but it must be
there
> > > somewhere....
> >
> > There's a UK forum for MCE here...
> >
> > http://www.xpmce.com/forum/forum26.html
> >
> > Let us know what you find.
> >
> > M.