Installing XP Media Center Edition version 2005 on a "new" build (long story).
OS comes with three cds: disc 1 and 2 of the "original" 2005 version and a third disc labeled "Updates for version 2005"
The install goes fine through disc 1 & 2. Then the installer asks me to insert a disc with SP2 updates and to choose the source. It prompts me with D:/i386. I put in the update disc and nothing happens. Oh well, I try canceling out and the install proceeds without another hitch. Come to find out later, I don't have internet explorer installed. Hard(er) to get updates without IE, but I try.
I tried installing XP SP2 (KB835935) with a flash drive. No problems during install, but still no IE. I peeked into the update CD and it only contains an old self-extracting update specific to XP MCE from August 2005 (KB900325) so even if this has the right files within it, the installer can't get to them. I know MS rolled up newer updates in a file with the same name as of October 2006.
So what I'm here to find out is 1) which update should i use during the installation process; 2) how do I get/extract those files in the form the installer wants; and 3) can I use my flash drive instead of a CD since I have no convenient access to a burner (stupid netbooks). Anything else you need to know I will answer fairly quickly as I'm hoping to get this done today. Any other comments, welcome. Thanks.
OS comes with three cds: disc 1 and 2 of the "original" 2005 version and a third disc labeled "Updates for version 2005"
The install goes fine through disc 1 & 2. Then the installer asks me to insert a disc with SP2 updates and to choose the source. It prompts me with D:/i386. I put in the update disc and nothing happens. Oh well, I try canceling out and the install proceeds without another hitch. Come to find out later, I don't have internet explorer installed. Hard(er) to get updates without IE, but I try.
I tried installing XP SP2 (KB835935) with a flash drive. No problems during install, but still no IE. I peeked into the update CD and it only contains an old self-extracting update specific to XP MCE from August 2005 (KB900325) so even if this has the right files within it, the installer can't get to them. I know MS rolled up newer updates in a file with the same name as of October 2006.
So what I'm here to find out is 1) which update should i use during the installation process; 2) how do I get/extract those files in the form the installer wants; and 3) can I use my flash drive instead of a CD since I have no convenient access to a burner (stupid netbooks). Anything else you need to know I will answer fairly quickly as I'm hoping to get this done today. Any other comments, welcome. Thanks.
