XP Pro to MCE

[superdave1984]

Got a PC with a dead HD. She bought a new drive and brought me a copy of XP Pro. Her PC came with MCE but she couldn't find the CD that came with it. So I install Pro and now she doesn't like some of the differences. I have a copy of MCE that I got off the net and she has a key sticker on her PC. She doesn't want to format again since she won't be able to activate her copy of Office again. So my question is, can I pop in the MCE disk and do an upgrade? Or extract the data from MCE and locate the features she wants and install on Pro? She liked the MCE look and some of the screensavers and something else that I can't remember right now.

 

[saltynay]

I would imagine that you could copy and past the screensaver and theme folders over from a machine with MCE installed. You should of given her MCE in the first place its virtually the same but with extra eyecandy then pro. Mce also comes with a party mode aswell as the extra theme and MCE interface, I can't remember anymore differences

 

[superdave1984]

She brought me the Pro disk. I didn't ask questions.

 

[Bruce]

Download Royale Theme for WinXP - Official - A new theme, potentially destined for Windows XP. Freeware - Softpedia

here's the MCE theme

what are the screensavers?, i don't remember offhand

maybe this is one of the screenies?

Windows XP and Windows XP Media Center Edition Screensavers