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Old 10-14-2009, 02:31 PM   #1
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Talking OS suggestions for rebuild

Recently my media center PC OS hard drive failed. Thankfully all my media is safe and sound. I am not planning any other hardware changes but OS hard drive. Which leads me to my question.

I was using XP MCE and I was wondering if I should upgrade to XP Ultimate or other OS.

Here is what I am looking to continue to do.
  • Connect up to home network
  • Run Media Center through my 65" HDTV
  • Media sharing throughout network

Thank you for your suggestions.
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Old 10-14-2009, 03:20 PM   #2
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If it was working well for you, there's no reason to upgrade from XP MCE. The old saying - if it ain't broke, don't fix it?
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Old 10-14-2009, 04:35 PM   #3
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Thanks for the reply glc. I agree. If it not broke don't fix it. I guess that I would like to get more functionality out of the box. There appears to be more MCE plug-ins for Vista then XP MCE at this point.

Thank you again. It is always nice to be able to bounce things off of others.

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If you want more than what XP MCE offers, I'd recommend that you reload it anyway - then look at upgrading to Windows 7 in a few months. Forget Vista. It's going away. Thank God.
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Old 10-15-2009, 10:14 PM   #5
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glc, thanks again. I have been taking a look at some of the info out there on the web about Windows 7. Very interesting. My interest is peaked.
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