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Posted by Roy Bernal on August 28, 2006, 8:17 pm
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Here is my dillema. I just purchased a Toshiba Laptop installed with Windows
XP Media Edition. I plan on using it primarily for Music applications and
for school. However, I tried installing my USB powered midi controller & it
didn't work. I called the manufacturer & they currently don't support media
edition and don't know when they wil get it fixed. However, it does work in
XP Home/Pro. So I thought, ok I have to install Windowx XP home then. So my
question is, do I need to purchase a windows XP home license? Isn't it
technically the same OS? Also, can I install both OS's on my laptop? Will
there be stability problems? Finally, how do I go about installng it? Will it
wipe out everything I have? Do I have to partition & how do I do that? Help.
I have so many questions, I don't know where to start...Best Buy was no
help...The Dork Squad knows less about computers than I do...
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Posted by Jaime on August 29, 2006, 9:22 am
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Yes, you would need to purchase a separate copy of Home, even if you just
wipe out the existing MCE installation.
Yes, you could install Home as a dual boot system, then when the PC boots,
you will get an option to load Home or MCE, many people run dual-boot
systems without any particular trouble.
But, what exactly is the problem with the controller - MCE is actually XP
Pro underneath and (generally) if it runs on Pro, it will run on MCE. Have
you hunted around on the net to see if someone else has found a trick to get
the controller to work with MCE?
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), Florida
> Here is my dillema. I just purchased a Toshiba Laptop installed with
> Windows
> XP Media Edition. I plan on using it primarily for Music applications and
> for school. However, I tried installing my USB powered midi controller &
> it
> didn't work. I called the manufacturer & they currently don't support
> media
> edition and don't know when they wil get it fixed. However, it does work
> in
> XP Home/Pro. So I thought, ok I have to install Windowx XP home then. So
> my
> question is, do I need to purchase a windows XP home license? Isn't it
> technically the same OS? Also, can I install both OS's on my laptop? Will
> there be stability problems? Finally, how do I go about installng it? Will
> it
> wipe out everything I have? Do I have to partition & how do I do that?
> Help.
> I have so many questions, I don't know where to start...Best Buy was no
> help...The Dork Squad knows less about computers than I do...
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Posted by Nigel Barker on August 29, 2006, 10:36 am
Please log in for more thread options On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:17:02 -0700, Roy Bernal
>Here is my dillema. I just purchased a Toshiba Laptop installed with Windows
>XP Media Edition. I plan on using it primarily for Music applications and
>for school. However, I tried installing my USB powered midi controller & it
>didn't work. I called the manufacturer & they currently don't support media
>edition and don't know when they wil get it fixed. However, it does work in
>XP Home/Pro. So I thought, ok I have to install Windowx XP home then. So my
>question is, do I need to purchase a windows XP home license? Isn't it
>technically the same OS? Also, can I install both OS's on my laptop? Will
>there be stability problems? Finally, how do I go about installng it? Will it
>wipe out everything I have? Do I have to partition & how do I do that? Help.
>I have so many questions, I don't know where to start...Best Buy was no
>help...The Dork Squad knows less about computers than I do...
I fail to see why your USB powered MIDI controller wouldn't work under MCE. MCE
is basically XP Pro with a couple of features removed e.g. ability to join
domains that would have nothing to do with your MIDI thing. Many manufacturers
appear clueless about these differences & when they say they don't support MCE
it means that a) they don't know about it or b) they haven't tested it under
MCE.
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Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
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Posted by Mr. Brown on September 25, 2006, 10:51 am
Please log in for more thread options I have this exact same problem!!!!! So glad I found this post, hope someone
can really find an answer.
I too have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows Media edition installed on it. It's
the Satellite A105-S4134. I am a music teacher and I am trying to use a MIDI
keyboard with my laptop but I can't seem to get it to function with my music
composition software (Sybellius).
Here's what I did: I inserted my USB cable into my keyboard which has a USB
port on it and then inserted it into my laptop. I then powered on the
keyboard and Windows did it's typical "new device detected" deal. It then
automatically installs the driver and calls it a "USB Audio Device." I'm not
sure if that's right because it is a MIDI device... Anyway, after that the
software program I use tells me that it does not detect any MIDI devices.
I've looked over the softwares manuals, tutorial vidoes, everything, it is
NOT the software program.
Here's what I'm thinking:
a.) My sound card doesn't support MIDI input (I called Toshiba about this
and they just did the typical, "lets see if your sound card is working..."
>< I don't know how to tell if it does or not.
b.) Windows Media sucks and I need XP (easy fix because my workplace offers
this to me for free, yay for me!)
c.) The wrong driver is installed. If this is the case, I have no idea how
to change this and would appreciate some explanation on how to install and
find the appropriate one. I already did the "update driver" option and
windows said this is the latest Driver.
Pleae help! And don't tell me it's a.) :/
"Roy Bernal" wrote:
> Here is my dillema. I just purchased a Toshiba Laptop installed with Windows
> XP Media Edition. I plan on using it primarily for Music applications and
> for school. However, I tried installing my USB powered midi controller & it
> didn't work. I called the manufacturer & they currently don't support media
> edition and don't know when they wil get it fixed. However, it does work in
> XP Home/Pro. So I thought, ok I have to install Windowx XP home then. So my
> question is, do I need to purchase a windows XP home license? Isn't it
> technically the same OS? Also, can I install both OS's on my laptop? Will
> there be stability problems? Finally, how do I go about installng it? Will it
> wipe out everything I have? Do I have to partition & how do I do that? Help.
> I have so many questions, I don't know where to start...Best Buy was no
> help...The Dork Squad knows less about computers than I do...
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Posted by docsurg on November 20, 2006, 6:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options I found this on the web but I haven't tried it yet. It may help you out. I
t contains a user's instruction about how to convert Windows XP Media Center
Edition to a facsimle of XP Pro. Follow this link:
http://www.sweetwater.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12352
Good luck!
"Roy Bernal" wrote:
> Here is my dillema. I just purchased a Toshiba Laptop installed with Windows
> XP Media Edition. I plan on using it primarily for Music applications and
> for school. However, I tried installing my USB powered midi controller & it
> didn't work. I called the manufacturer & they currently don't support media
> edition and don't know when they wil get it fixed. However, it does work in
> XP Home/Pro. So I thought, ok I have to install Windowx XP home then. So my
> question is, do I need to purchase a windows XP home license? Isn't it
> technically the same OS? Also, can I install both OS's on my laptop? Will
> there be stability problems? Finally, how do I go about installng it? Will it
> wipe out everything I have? Do I have to partition & how do I do that? Help.
> I have so many questions, I don't know where to start...Best Buy was no
> help...The Dork Squad knows less about computers than I do...
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