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<blockquote data-quote="mPod" data-source="post: 77699" data-attributes="member: 11199"><p>Although it's the same operating system, there are some small differences indeed.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They use the same drivers. No different versions needed in most cases. If a manufacturer offers special MCE drivers, they are just optimized for Media Center usage, they don't generally affect other applications.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows Update for MCE2005 flavoured XP Prof. offers some (internal) enhancements for e.g. the BDA stack. This is the technology used for digital TV cards. But you can even copy those updated files to an ordinary XP Prof. You need them if you wanna use more than 1 DVB card in MediaPortal or any other HTPC application that uses BDA.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MCE2005 is slightly limited when it comes to network connections. E.g. you cannot join domains (which you hardly have anyway) and doesn't safe login credentials for shares. (Or only for 1 share, don't remember correctly)</li> </ul><p></p><p>About network & MCE2005 see this Microsoft FAQ:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So to put it all in a nutshell:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MCE2005 and XP Prof. are basically the same</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MCE2005 offers some updated multimedia stuff (which you can also copy manually to an XP Prof... "mpeg2data.ax" and "PsisDecd.dll"... <a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#head-8ff42bb00cd99da63439e07f967f42d29ead1e26" target="_blank">See this article in our wiki FAQ</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MCE2005 is somewhat limited in network usage, quite similar to XP Home</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MCE2005 offers 1 nicer windows desktop theme <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></li> </ul><p></p><p>My experience from the past: I was running MCE2005 for some time but went back to XP Professional, cause this is also my dev PC and I got fed up with the limited network stuff (saving login credentials for shares).</p><p></p><p>Result: It doesn't really matter what you are using, MP doesn't care about it, as long as you exchange the above 2 DLLs. And that only if you are using digital TV cards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mPod, post: 77699, member: 11199"] Although it's the same operating system, there are some small differences indeed. [LIST] [*]They use the same drivers. No different versions needed in most cases. If a manufacturer offers special MCE drivers, they are just optimized for Media Center usage, they don't generally affect other applications. [*]Windows Update for MCE2005 flavoured XP Prof. offers some (internal) enhancements for e.g. the BDA stack. This is the technology used for digital TV cards. But you can even copy those updated files to an ordinary XP Prof. You need them if you wanna use more than 1 DVB card in MediaPortal or any other HTPC application that uses BDA. [*]MCE2005 is slightly limited when it comes to network connections. E.g. you cannot join domains (which you hardly have anyway) and doesn't safe login credentials for shares. (Or only for 1 share, don't remember correctly) [/LIST] About network & MCE2005 see this Microsoft FAQ: So to put it all in a nutshell: [LIST] [*]MCE2005 and XP Prof. are basically the same [*]MCE2005 offers some updated multimedia stuff (which you can also copy manually to an XP Prof... "mpeg2data.ax" and "PsisDecd.dll"... [URL="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#head-8ff42bb00cd99da63439e07f967f42d29ead1e26"]See this article in our wiki FAQ[/URL]) [*]MCE2005 is somewhat limited in network usage, quite similar to XP Home [*]MCE2005 offers 1 nicer windows desktop theme ;) [/LIST] My experience from the past: I was running MCE2005 for some time but went back to XP Professional, cause this is also my dev PC and I got fed up with the limited network stuff (saving login credentials for shares). Result: It doesn't really matter what you are using, MP doesn't care about it, as long as you exchange the above 2 DLLs. And that only if you are using digital TV cards. [/QUOTE]
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