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upgrade OEM sony Windows XP Home to Media Center Edition Patrick Vickery 12-28-2006
Posted by Patrick Vickery on December 28, 2006, 11:43 am
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I want to upgrade my sony laptop fom xp home to xp mce.
Sony says there was an upgrade offer that expired may 2005 and is no longer
suppoted or available.

Can anynoe tell me where I might find such an upgrade.

Posted by Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] on December 28, 2006, 12:41 pm
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That upgrade was for MCE 2004 users, not XP Home. You will have to buy XP
MCE (available at many online retailers and install it yourself. Since its
packaged as an OEM product, you will not be able to upgrade, you will have
to do a clean installation.

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>I want to upgrade my sony laptop fom xp home to xp mce.
> Sony says there was an upgrade offer that expired may 2005 and is no
> longer
> suppoted or available.
>
> Can anynoe tell me where I might find such an upgrade.


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