- uninstall windows XP media center edition 2005
- Posted by Erick on August 4th, 2006
Hi all
I have a Toshiba Satellite A105 series, (I just got it 4 days ago) and
it has the windows XP media center edition 2005 installed, I don't know
about you guys, but I don't like that windows!! I'd like to install the
XP pro Sp2 ,so... do I have to format the laptop and then install the
XP-pro? or can I install the XP-pro over the media center edition?.
May be the problem with this change is get the drivers for the
laptop... I've seen the toshiba website and there are just one driver
update for the audio system and one for the BIOS...
thanks in advance!
Erick->
- Posted by Kevin on August 4th, 2006
"Erick" <erickro2000@yahoo.es> wrote in message
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This may be a silly question, but why did you buy the laptop if the
operating system was not to your liking? Unless you already have a copy of
XP Pro you will be shelling out about $150, more or less, to purchase one.
You will have to do a clean install of XP Pro. Make sure you have ALL the
available XP Pro hardware device drivers for the unit before you do the
format and installation.
- Posted by Kevin on August 4th, 2006
"Erick" <erickro2000@yahoo.es> wrote in message
news:1154701654.734213.286260@75g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
This may be a silly question, but why did you buy the laptop if the
operating system was not to your liking? Unless you already have a copy of
XP Pro you will be shelling out about $150, more or less, to purchase one.
You will have to do a clean install of XP Pro. Make sure you have ALL the
available XP Pro hardware device drivers for the unit before you do the
format and installation.
- Posted by Erick on August 4th, 2006
yep, you right, but it was a gift, otherwise I'd do what you're saying
the big problem is get all the drivers 
Kevin wrote:
- Posted by Erick on August 4th, 2006
yep, you right, but it was a gift, otherwise I'd do what you're saying
the big problem is get all the drivers
Kevin wrote:
- Posted by Joseph Fenn on August 4th, 2006
On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Erick wrote:
Its quite simple use "MEDIA/WIPE" on your c: drive. It will remove
all data from c: and reformat the c: drive for you. Now you better
have a restoral CD or an upgrade win/xp/pro upgrade disk.
If you have the upgrade win/xp/pro disk, then your gonna have to
reinstall at least win98se or later version of windows first.
Then you install win/xp/pro upgrade disk right on top of 98se or
me, or win2000 whatever! If you do this of course you will probably
have to "reactivate" your win/xp/pro one more time with MD.
Joe
- Posted by Joseph Fenn on August 4th, 2006
On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Erick wrote:
Its quite simple use "MEDIA/WIPE" on your c: drive. It will remove
all data from c: and reformat the c: drive for you. Now you better
have a restoral CD or an upgrade win/xp/pro upgrade disk.
If you have the upgrade win/xp/pro disk, then your gonna have to
reinstall at least win98se or later version of windows first.
Then you install win/xp/pro upgrade disk right on top of 98se or
me, or win2000 whatever! If you do this of course you will probably
have to "reactivate" your win/xp/pro one more time with MD.
Joe
- Posted by Joseph Fenn on August 4th, 2006
I already had win98se (required for use of upgrade disk)
I found no need to download any drivers. Everything worked fine from
the start. USB devices, external backpack burner driver was the only
thing I had to get a driver for (a 32 bit driver) and it worked fine.
Joe
- Posted by Joseph Fenn on August 4th, 2006
I already had win98se (required for use of upgrade disk)
I found no need to download any drivers. Everything worked fine from
the start. USB devices, external backpack burner driver was the only
thing I had to get a driver for (a 32 bit driver) and it worked fine.
Joe
- Posted by Erick on August 4th, 2006
thanks you very much Joseph
I have the winXP boot cdrom... so... wish me luck with the hardware
detection...
Erick->
Joseph Fenn wrote:
- Posted by Erick on August 4th, 2006
thanks you very much Joseph
I have the winXP boot cdrom... so... wish me luck with the hardware
detection...
Erick->
Joseph Fenn wrote:
- Posted by J. Clarke on August 7th, 2006
Erick wrote:
Before you go to a lot of work, be aware that MCE is XP Pro with some bells
and whistles. The only thing it doesn't do that XP Pro does is join a
domain after installation (it can join a domain at install time). Unless
you're on a corporate network there is no reason I can think of to replace
MCE with XP Pro.
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
- Posted by J. Clarke on August 7th, 2006
Erick wrote:
Before you go to a lot of work, be aware that MCE is XP Pro with some bells
and whistles. The only thing it doesn't do that XP Pro does is join a
domain after installation (it can join a domain at install time). Unless
you're on a corporate network there is no reason I can think of to replace
MCE with XP Pro.
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
- Posted by J. Clarke on August 7th, 2006
Joseph Fenn wrote:
Why bother, reformat is one of the options when doing a fresh installation
of Windows.
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
- Posted by J. Clarke on August 7th, 2006
Joseph Fenn wrote:
Why bother, reformat is one of the options when doing a fresh installation
of Windows.
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
- Posted by J. Clarke on August 7th, 2006
Joseph Fenn wrote:
You can get the OEM version at Newegg for $150.
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
- Posted by J. Clarke on August 7th, 2006
Joseph Fenn wrote:
You can get the OEM version at Newegg for $150.
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
- Posted by Barry Watzman on August 7th, 2006
STOP!!
Windows XP Media Center is XP Pro with some changes/additions.
It is FAR better than XP Home (being, again, essentially, XP Pro)
You don't have to use the Media Center Interface, which is actually a
program that CAN be (and in your case apparently is) configured to run
on startup. There is a setting somewhere (don't remember where, I think
it's in the "Settings" section of MCE) to select the default startup,
either MCE (Media Center) or just the normal, garden variety Windows XP
Pro desktop.
EITHER WAY, you can switch between them: If you are in Media Center, go
to the "Power" icon (vertical stick with a circle around it, at the
upper left corner of the screen), select it, then select "close Media
Center". If you are in the normal Windows Desktop, Media Center is in
the start menu (and can be dragged to the desktop).
There is no "uninstallation" of Media Center possible. It's an
Operating system (again, it's essentially XP Pro, with a LOT of
additions and just a few changes). Of course you can remove it entirely
and install any other OS you want, but to remove it and install either
XP Home or, in almost all cases, XP Pro, is just plain dumb, dumb, dumb.
Be glad that you got it, the machine would otherwise have come with XP
Home, and this way you get almost all of XP Pro's features (including
remote control) without paying $100 extra.
Erick wrote:
- Posted by Barry Watzman on August 7th, 2006
STOP!!
Windows XP Media Center is XP Pro with some changes/additions.
It is FAR better than XP Home (being, again, essentially, XP Pro)
You don't have to use the Media Center Interface, which is actually a
program that CAN be (and in your case apparently is) configured to run
on startup. There is a setting somewhere (don't remember where, I think
it's in the "Settings" section of MCE) to select the default startup,
either MCE (Media Center) or just the normal, garden variety Windows XP
Pro desktop.
EITHER WAY, you can switch between them: If you are in Media Center, go
to the "Power" icon (vertical stick with a circle around it, at the
upper left corner of the screen), select it, then select "close Media
Center". If you are in the normal Windows Desktop, Media Center is in
the start menu (and can be dragged to the desktop).
There is no "uninstallation" of Media Center possible. It's an
Operating system (again, it's essentially XP Pro, with a LOT of
additions and just a few changes). Of course you can remove it entirely
and install any other OS you want, but to remove it and install either
XP Home or, in almost all cases, XP Pro, is just plain dumb, dumb, dumb.
Be glad that you got it, the machine would otherwise have come with XP
Home, and this way you get almost all of XP Pro's features (including
remote control) without paying $100 extra.
Erick wrote:
- Posted by Barry Watzman on August 7th, 2006
That is right, J: Media Center is XP Pro with, for the most part,
ADDITIONAL stuff, and it's at least potentially good stuff.
If you don't want the Media Center interface, select the normal, garden
variety Windows XP Pro desktop to come up at startup. It's a user
choice, Media Center or standard XP Desktop. Compared to XP Home, there
is NO DRAWBACK or DOWNSIDE to Media Center, Media Center is better in
EVERY way. Compared to XP Pro, Media Center has a bunch of extra media
stuff, but you do lose domain networking. Other than that, Media Center
is BETTER.
J. Clarke wrote:
