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Media Center Networking questions

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02-11-2008

jon_kapp

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Media Center Networking questions

I am planning on adding a DIY media center to my existing home network. I currently have a laptop running Vista Ultimate and one PC running XP. My media server, which will be attached to the television as a monitor primarily - don't expect to watch t.v. through the media center - will be running XP.

My question: First off, can I do this? To get the most of vista media center, must I have it installed on my server? if not, am I limiting myself with the functions of media center? what will I be missing?

Thanks to anyone who can help. I spoke briefly to microsoft tech support on this and got a standard sales type answer of 'it is better to have vista installed on all machines'. absolutely not helpful. Hope someone here can be.

Cheers,
jon

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