Windows MCE CD Misery

[nweaver]

I'm working on a (fairly new) Toshiba laptop for a friend.

It has "Windows XP Professional Media Center Edition Version 2002"

I didn't grab disks (I don't normally use the OEM disks for stuff) because I have everything I need via my MSDN account. I ran an sfc, and it needs windows disks. No problem, log in, download MCE2k4 disks 1 and 2.

The computer is asking for "XP Professional CD2" and wouldn't use disk1 or disk2.

Ok, must be the wrong version, so I download MCE 2k5 CD 1 and 2, same thing, won't accept those disks either.

So, what disk should I use for "XP Professional CD2" when the version is "Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002"

curse microsoft for not spending time to make the messages actually be descriptive of what disk they are looking for.

 

[Dahak]

Ive have had this happen a lot on oem machine too, like hp, lenovos and stuff,
its in the way the image the hard drive, and they do not use the standard oem disk when making the image, the standard oem disks dont want to work
if anyone knows how to do this that would be great

 

[nweaver]

it's not an OEM versus retail or anything like that, it's that MCE has ALWAYS had confusing CD messages.

 

[XBoxLPU]

http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=42960

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: nweaver
it's not an OEM versus retail or anything like that, it's that MCE has ALWAYS had confusing CD messages.

Yup. Silly, isn't it?

 

[nweaver]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=42960

Still not working. I knew that it had cryptic messages, but I was armed and ready (or so I thought). As it stands, it won't take disk 1 or disk 2. ARGHH...why did they have to make this so difficult.

 

[CZroe]

I complained about that message when I actually had the disc and knew what it was asking for. It actually says "Please insert the disc labeled Windows XP Professional CD 2"

Wow. It doesn't just call the disc by the wrong name, it actually specifies what label to look for and it's 100% totally wrong. Just because MCE is a subset of Pro and it is differentiated from Pro/Table by the key doesn't mean they can't modify a line or two in the installer on the discs LABELED as Media Center Edition.