Reply by jc364 on December 5, 2011 @jcasetnl Sorry, just saw your reply. Your sarcasm is noted. When I wrote the review, I was frustrated that I couldn't just download Media Center by itself. I was also frustrated by MS excluding XP support from its products for the sole purpose of pushing people to the new OS. However, it's unimportant.

This review was almost 2 years ago, and people should definitely be looking for something else by now, even if it's not Windows. Windows 7 is great, but people should go with Ubuntu if the upgrade is cost-prohibitive; desktop Linux has come a long ways, and the upgrades are free. Also, I know it seems silly to expect that links to 'XP Media Center Edition' point to XP Media Center Edition and not something else. Maybe it's CNET's problem, and they just need to take down this faulty download listing.

How can I get the installation software for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005? I have the activation key and only need the install. The disc did not come with my Gateway computer; only the recovery for the OS which is on the hard drive.

I want to reformat the drive and have reason to believe that the recovery may be corrupt. I would prefer a disc but a download that I could burn would be fine. I do not know how to use torrent sites and am reluctant to do so due to malware that may be present. I'm glad you have the site and the ability to share knowledge that can be used not only today but for future visitors. I'm just trying to figure out how to get this computer back up and running.

It was a purchase maybe 4 or 5 years ago that was on the showroom floor. Download Drag Racing 4x4 Mod Unlimited Money. Their geek squad reloaded all the software but I only received a disc with drivers and sample programs; the disc I have does not seem to have the OS.

Windows xp media center edition 2005 free download - Windows XP Media Center Edition, CoolCube XP Media Center, Rollup for Windows XP Media Center.

The OS recovery is on the D: partition. I did have up and going after Christmas when I did the recovery reloaded everything. It worked fine until the last Microsoft update that it received and then started it's problem. Here's the problem and maybe you can help.

It just shuts down all of a sudden, sometimes with blue screen and sometimes not. I approached the problem as if it was a thermal issue, added fans, taken the side off of the case, etc.

And this does not help. After the first recovery, it was stable for about a month, nonstop, never turning the computer off.

After the subsequent update, it will shutdown (sometimes restarts, sometimes hangs) after an hour or two or sometimes less. Filling Gaps In Drywall Before Taping here. I've tried to system restore to the date prior to the update but the shutdown continues. I was going to try a clean install on a newly formated hard drive but now I hear that even if I get my hands on the OS install disc, the key that I have will probably not work since that key is not assigned to that disc. Any suggestions? Thank you very much. I know a few things about computers but this is way out of my expertise.