RE: [H] speaking of OS's

2005-08-04 Thread Mark Dodge
Will not work with some popular hardware. Mark Dodge MD Computers 602-421-0329 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:45 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] speaking of OS's worked on my

RE: [H] speaking of OS's

2005-08-04 Thread dsinc
] speaking of OS's worked on my first MS windows media center last week, looked a lot like Pro and is cheaper. ( though not cheap enough ) was wondering what the major differences are *supposed* to be ? fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- None of the Above for President. Best, Duncan

Re: [H] speaking of OS's

2005-08-04 Thread Ben Ruset
You can not join a Windows NT domain or Windows 2000/2003 directory. It will work just fine as a node on a home LAN. dsinc wrote: What does *Cannot join a domain... really mean? Like it cannot be a node on a home LAN or something? Thanks.

Re: [H] speaking of OS's

2005-08-04 Thread dsinc
Okay. What does not being able to join a WinNT domain or Win2K/2K3 directory mean to me? This sounds like big enterprise level stuff; like, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a whole lot of other hw structure than I use at present. Sorry for the dweeb question, but this stuff seems to moving ahead faster

Re: [H] speaking of OS's

2005-08-04 Thread warpmedia
Which is still worth it if you have kids or other family members and need a way to centrally control the machines. The other thing with Home at least, is that you have NO ACCESS to the security tabs to be selective about who can use a given folder or resource, Ben Ruset wrote: For home use

RE: [H] speaking of OS's

2005-08-03 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 02:58 PM 03/08/2005, Chris Reeves wrote: *laugh* I wouldn't refer to it as multimedia crap I've used more boxes with MCE then anything else, at good margins; it's a unique setup when configured with the right HDTV display, tuner cards.. and more and more functions keep improving it.. SIRIUS

Re: [H] speaking of OS's

2005-08-03 Thread Ben Ruset
To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] speaking of OS's XP MCE *is* Pro with the TV tuner and multimedia crap added on. I think it can only be sold bundled with tuner hardware, so that likely makes up the difference in price. FORC5 wrote: worked on my first MS windows media center last week