Windows Media Center isn't part of Windows XP Professional. It was only available in Windows XP Media Center Edition.
Same as Windows XP Professional with some extra media tools
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.
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
Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition.
XP Media Center Edition is 32-bit only.
Windows XP Pro, XP Home edition, XP media center edition, XP tablet PC edition, XP pro x64
Windows Media Center * Specialized distribution of Windows XP/front-end application for XP, provided a TV & remote control friendly interface for accessing media. Windows Media Player * Audio & Video player developed by Microsoft, and distributed with Microsoft Windows.
Windows XP Media Center edition is not available for purchase except with a new computer, although you can always download torrents of it from sites such as the pirate bay.
Windows media center is very popular and has many pros. You can control all of your media- tv, computer,music- from one site and with one control. You can also pause live tv and switch from tv to surfing the internet easily.
Some information on Windows XP Media Center is that it comes with Windows XP there is no need to purchase it separately. There are plenty of different version so make sure you have the latest updated on your computer. You can download them right from the Windows webpage.
Windows Media Center.
There 3 versions which are windows professoinal,home professional and media centre.