Thanks for your reply Dean,
I guess what I meant to say is that I want to have the operating system
that it originally came with. Not so much factory specs, because you are
right, most of it is junk. I just don't care much for Vista. What someone
told me is that Media Center is the same as XP Pro with added programs with
for home entertainment, ie CD/DVD burning, watching movies, playing music
and such. I just want to get rid of Vista. Thanks for your input. Sounds
like I need to contact HP.
Thanks,
Vanessa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Kukral" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
> Even if you load the Media Center onto your computer, you will not
> necessarily have restored it to factory specs. What came with
> your computer from the factory included software for the special features
> of your laptop. If you close the lid, then the computer
> turns off, for example. How many such features or how important they are
> to you, I can't say. Unless you can get the Media Center
> customized for your laptop (from HP, for example), then, I suggest that
> you stick with Vista. I think that Vista Home Premium
> contains the features that the Media Center had and more. (Sorry if this
> doesn't quite answer your questions, but you need to
> know.)
>
> I think that there are more differences between XP Pro and Media Center,
> but that is not an educated speculation. XP Pro will allow
> you to play and burn CD's, but the interface in Media Center may be nicer.
> Watching and recording live TV has to do with whether or
> not you have the hardware to do that. (Do you have an input on your
> computer for a television antenna or cable connection?) It is
> not necessarily an operating system issue, but the operating system must
> support what you want to do or the application software to
> do it.
>
> I think that the real question here is why do you want to get rid of Vista
> and go back to the Media Center? What are your goals in
> doing this?
>
> I strongly suspect that the reason someone "upgraded" to Vista was to get
> rid of all the junk that HP loaded onto the laptop. If
> you could go back to "factory specs," then you would have to put up with
> all that junk, too. Actually, you may like all the junk, I
> suppose. :) I don't like mine on my HP! And it sometimes doesn't work,
> too.
>
> Dean Kukral
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vanessa H." <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:36 AM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
>
>
> Good morning all,
> I was given a HP dv6110us laptop running Vista Home. I would like to
> restore it to factory specs. It came with Windows XP Media
> Center Edition 2005. I do not have restore disks and the restore
> partition of the hard drive has been wiped out. I do have still
> have a valid product key sticker on the bottom of the laptop for XP Media
> Center. Does anyone know where I can download the XP
> Media Center Edition operating system? Someone told me the only
> difference in XP Pro and Media Center is a media center program
> that plays/burns CD/DVD's and you can watch/record live TV. Is this true?
>
> Kind regards,
> Vanessa Henderson
>
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