I don't think that you can. If I'm not mistaking, the compter that came with the Windows Media Center System is kind of locked to it in a way. The only other way I can think of is to buy a copy of Windows XP (Home or Pro) and reformat your hard drive and then put the new system disk in and follow the propmts.
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I have seen this question all over the net, with nobody ever answering it. Well here we go!
You can download XP Mode Switch from filewalker.de, and when booted up in Win XP Pro, you can change your XP Pro Install into XP Home.
Then get your XP Home CD, boot from it and perform a "repair install". When prompted for your Licence key, use your XP home key.
As Simple as That!
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download the iso for windows xp, and then use daemon tools lite or something that can run iso files. As long as you have a legitimate activation code you should be ok to install it. If not, search Google.
This way you don't need to reinstall your computer.
Downgrade From Windows 7 To XP (Step-by-Step)
1. Open your Windows 7 drive (usually C drive) and make sure that you haven't deleted the Windows.old folder, which was created by Windows while installing Windows 7 on XP drive. Note that without the help of Windows.old folder you won't be able to downgrade from Windows 7.
2. Now check the size of Windows.old folder by right-clicking and then selecting properties. Make sure that Windows.old folder size is less than two times the amount of free space available on Windows 7 drive (C drive). If the Windows.old folder size is two times as large as the Windows 7 drive free space, disable system restore feature and also disk cleanup to get some free space.Please note down your Windows 7 drive letter and also DVD drive letter before proceeding to the next step.
3. Insert your Windows 7 installation disc in the drive and reboot your machine. Press any key when prompted to do so.
4. Select your language, time, keyboard type and then hit Next button to continue.
5. In the Install Windows screen, click Repair your computer option to open System Recovery Options.
6. Here select your Windows 7 OS and note down your Windows 7 Drive letter before clicking Next.
7. In the following window, click Command Prompt to start downgrading from Windows 7 to XP.
8. First you need to move all the contents of your Windows 7 drive to a folder. So type the following commands one by one and then hit enter after each command (here "D" is your Windows 7 drive letter).
D:
Md Win7
Move Windows Win7\Windows
Move "Program Files" "Win7\Program Files"
Move Users Win7\Users
Attrib -h -s -r ProgramData
Move ProgramData Win7\ProgramData
Rd "Documents and Settings"
9. Next you need to copy all the contents of Windows.old folder to the drive. Again, type all the commands mentioned below one by one and then hit enter after each command.
move /y d:\Windows.old\Windows d:\
move /y "d:\Windows.old\Program Files" d:\
move /y "d:\Windows.old\Documents and Settings" d:\
10. Next task is to restore the boot sector by entering the following command:
E:\boot\bootsect /nt52 d:
(Where E is your DVD driver letter & D is OS drive letter)
11. Finally restore the boot.ini file by executing the following commands:
Attrib -h -s -r boot.ini.saved
Copy boot.ini.saved boot.ini
12. Type Exit and reboot your machine to start using your Windows XP again. You are done! If you want to free up some disk space, delete Win7 folder in the root of your XP drive. Good luck!
You can not simply remove the Professional option from XP and revert back to Home. To take a machine from Windows XP Professional to Windows XP Home you would first need to wipe the machine (format the hard drive), then reinstall the Windows XP Home operating system. It makes little sense to do so, however, because Windows XP Professional is a hardier operating system and can perform better network tasks than Windows XP Home. Windows XP Professional Edition is the business edition of Windows XP Windows XP Home Edition is the home edition of Windows XP you cannot replace XP Professional with XP Home Edition unless you erase the windows installation and start over why would you want to do this XP Professional contains all the features of Windows XP Home Edition
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1. Windows XP Starter Edition -This edition was for first time PC users in developing countries. This edition will only run three applications at once. 2. Windows XP Home Edition -This edition was for home users, and replaced Windows 9x/ME. 3. Windows XP Home Edition N -Windows XP Home Edition N was a special edition for the European market without the media player. 4. Windows XP Professional -Professional was for both businesses and home users, and replaced Windows 2000 Professional. 5. Windows XP Professional N -Professional N is a special edition of XP Professional that was for the European market without media player. 6. Windows XP Media Center Edition -Windows XP Media Center was a version for Media Center PCs with an easy to use interface and remote control support. 7. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition -Windows XP Tablet was a version for Tablet PCs with pen and speech capabilities. 8. Windows XP Professional x86 Edition -Windows XP Professional x86 Edition was strictly for AMD64/EMT64 64-bit processors.http://www.ntcompatible.com/faq-38.HTML
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Well, you will either need to buy the professional edition of windows 7, or use a torrent site to get it.
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There were 10 products in the Windows XP family of operating systems. These included Windows XP Home, Professional, Media Center Edition, Tablet PC Edition, and the Professional x64 Edition.
The operating system for this netbook is Windows Vista Business, although it also comes with a media kit to downgrade to XP Professional if needed and includes disks for both XP Pro and Vista Business.
No. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is Windows XP Professional with additional features included for supporting tablet PCs.
Not directly. You can format the hard drive and install Windows XP cleanly. You can upgrade directly to Windows XP Professional (which is more expensive).