Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 - With Intergrated Service Pack 2
(XP SP3 INCLUDED as Optional with extras)
Windows XP Professional "Media Center 2005" Also Named!
Bootable ISO!

About:

This edition is designed for media center PCs. Originally, it was only available bundled
with one of these computers, and could not be purchased separately. In 2003 the Media Center
Edition was updated as "Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003", which added additional features
such as FM radio tuning. Another update was released in 2004, and again in 2005, which was the
first edition available for System Builders. Many of the features of Windows XP Media Center
Edition 2005 (including screen dancers, auto playlist DJ, and high end visual screen savers)
were taken from the Windows XP Plus! packages. These were originally shipped as add ons to
Windows XP to enhance the users experience of their Windows XP machine.

Features:

The most notable feature unique to this edition is the Windows Media Center, which provides a
large-font ("10-foot"), remotely accessible interface for television viewing on the computer as
well as recording and playback, a TV guide, DVD playback, video playback, photo viewing,
and music playback. Unlike competing commercial digital video recorder products, Microsoft does not
charge a monthly subscription fee for its Media Center TV guide service.

Due to strict hardware requirements, Microsoft did not sell Media Center Edition in retail markets
alongside the Home and Professional editions. Microsoft only distributes it to MSDN subscribers
and OEM System Builders in certain countries. Consumers generally purchase Media Center preinstalled
on a new computer, or from a reseller that sells OEM versions of Microsoft software.

Media Center Edition was the only consumer-oriented edition of Windows XP that was updated with
new features on an annual basis during the five-year development of Windows Vista. The MCE 2005
release, for example, includes an update to Windows Movie Maker that supports burning DVDs,
a new visual style called "Royale", support for Media Center Extenders, and SoundSpectrum's G-Force
sound visualizations. Microsoft also released its own remote control, receiver and infrared blaster
with MCE 2005. A new specially designed wireless computer keyboard for MCE 2005 was released
September 2005.

Media Center Edition retains most of the features included Windows XP Professional, including Remote
Desktop and the Encrypting File System. Earlier releases also included the ability to join an Active
Directory domain. This capability was disabled in MCE 2005, but circumventions were later discovered;
[15] if the installation of MCE 2005 is an in-place upgrade from a previous version already joined
to a domain, this ability is retained, unless a user uses a Windows Media Center Extender:
in this case, such ability is lost and cannot be reverted back again. Presumably, Microsoft
introduced this limit because Media Center Extender devices, introduced in this version, rely on the
Fast User Switching component, but this component must be disabled in order to join a domain

System/Hardware Requirements:

Media Center has higher hardware requirements than other editions of Windows XP. MCE 2005 requires
at least a 1.6 GHz processor, DirectX 9.0 hardware-accelerated GPU (ATI Radeon 9 series or nVidia
GeForce FX Series or higher), and 256 MB of System RAM. Some functionality, such as Media Center
Extender support, use of multiple tuners, or HDTV playback/recording carries higher system requirements.

Media Center is much more restricted in the range of hardware that it supports than most other
software DVR solutions. Media Center tuners must have a standardized driver interface, and they
must have hardware MPEG-2 encoders, closed caption support, and a number of other features. Media
Center remote controls are standardized in terms of button labels and functionality, and, to a degree,
general layout.

In June 2007, the Media Center Components Database was set up as a resource for Media Center
self builders to pool knowledge of which components play well with each other.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

To access all MCE Addons, you Must open the ISO!

To get the BEST out of Media Center 2005, Please install Update roll up 2 included!

.NET Framworks 1.1 and higher and Update Roll Up 2 (Included)

You MUST Install .Net Framworks 1.1 and XPs Update before you can procede with Roll Up 2
to get Media Center version 2005

Please Open the "MCE Addon: folder for all the Updates and so on. (Via ISO)

Activation:

Although once installed you will be able to bypass the Activation Process, BUT due to numbers
of updates in prevous Update, the Current hack intergrated with MCE has Stopped working,
to be able to Activate, simply open the New Activation Crack Included (Disc Root\Activator)
then open "ANTIWPA3" and follow instructions. Then Reset Windows, to get rid of the 30 Day
Reminderand permanently Activate Windows.

Windows Genuine Advntage:

The Windows XP system is automaticlly Genuine, but please MAKE SURE you oatch windows with activation
crack stated Above, so microsoft won't stop you from downloading a Genuine ONLY software or update.

Installing:

You have 3 Options:

-Burn to DVD with burning software (Such as Nero or PowerISO)
-Mount to your computer with a Virtual DVD/CD Drive (Such as PowerISO)
-Open via a Virtual Machine with support of opening ISOs (Such as Microsoft Virtual PC)

Windows XP Service Pack 3:

XPs Thired a FINAL service Pack is NOT intergrated! By defult XP SP2 is intergrated,
if you wish to get the Latest Service Pack, just open it included with this Zip File!

Media Center 2004 Notice:

If you see "Media Center 2004" in help and support, and other programs, just ignore. This is MCE2005