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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Microsoft Windows operating system released in 2001</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Operating system</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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updated">2002-09-03</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-RTM_date_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTM_date-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#General_availability_(GA)" title="Software release life cycle">General<br />availability</a></th><td class="infobox-data">October 29, 2002<span class="noprint">; 22 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2002-10-29</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-GA_date_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GA_date-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Latest release</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2005 Update Rollup 2 (5.1.2715.3011) / October 14, 2005<span class="noprint">; 19 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2005-10-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system)" title="Kernel (operating system)">Kernel</a> type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hybrid_kernel" title="Hybrid kernel">Hybrid kernel</a> (Windows NT)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/User_interface" title="User interface">Default<br />user interface</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">Graphical user interface</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a> <a href="/wiki/Commercial_software" title="Commercial software">commercial software</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> (only Home Premium and Ultimate included Media Center)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021003074903/http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.asp">microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter</a></span> (Archive site)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Support status</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Support started on October 28, 2002<span class="noprint">; 22 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2002-10-28</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-lifecycleXP-MCE_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lifecycleXP-MCE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mainstream support ended on April 14, 2009<span class="noprint">; 15 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2009-04-14</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-lifecycleXP-MCE_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lifecycleXP-MCE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Extended support ended on April 8, 2014<span class="noprint">; 10 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2014-04-08</span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-lifecycleXP-MCE_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lifecycleXP-MCE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Windows XP Media Center Edition</b> (<b>MCE</b>) is a version of the <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> which was the first version of Windows to include <a href="/wiki/Windows_Media_Center" title="Windows Media Center">Windows Media Center</a>, designed to serve as a <a href="/wiki/Home_theater_PC" title="Home theater PC">home-entertainment hub</a>. The last version, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2, was released on October 14, 2005. After that, Windows Media Center was included in certain editions of later Windows versions. It was an optional, paid addition to <a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then discontinued in <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Windows XP Media Center Edition reached end of support on April 8, 2014, along with most other <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_editions" title="Windows XP editions">Windows XP editions</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Versions">Versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Windows XP Media Center Edition has had the following releases, all based on Windows XP Professional with all features enabled except domain-joining ability disabled in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and Terminal Services in the original release. </p> <ul><li>A preview version of Windows XP Media Center Edition from Microsoft's eHome division, was shown at <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show" title="Consumer Electronics Show">CES</a> 2002, with the final version released later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Windows XP Media Center Edition</b> (codenamed "Freestyle")<sup id="cite_ref-Announcement_date_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Announcement_date-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was the original version of Windows XP Media Center, which was built from the <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP#Service_Pack_1" title="Windows XP">Windows XP Service Pack 1</a> codebase. It was first announced on July 16, 2002,<sup id="cite_ref-Announcement_date_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Announcement_date-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> released to manufacturing on September 3, 2002, and was first generally available on October 29, 2002, in North America.<sup id="cite_ref-GA_date_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GA_date-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004</b> (codenamed "Harmony"),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was launched on September 30, 2003, and was made available as an upgrade to the owners of the original editions' licenses, was built from the <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP#Service_Pack_1" title="Windows XP">Windows XP Service Pack 1</a> codebase, after the original Windows XP Media Center Edition.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005</b> (codenamed "Symphony"),<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was launched on October 12, 2004, was built from the <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP#Service_Pack_2" title="Windows XP">Windows XP Service Pack 2</a> codebase.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the first edition of MCE available to non-Tier 1 system builders. Among other things, it includes support for Media Center Extenders, and CD/DVD-Video burning support.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><b>Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2</b> (codenamed "Emerald", October 14, 2005)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a major update to MCE 2005 (Symphony) and was a recommended download. It adds support for the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> as a media center extender, <a href="/wiki/DVB-T" title="DVB-T">DVB-T</a> broadcasts, and support for two <a href="/wiki/ATSC_tuner" title="ATSC tuner">ATSC tuner</a> cards. It is the second version of Windows XP Media Center based on <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP#Service_Pack_2" title="Windows XP">Windows XP Service Pack 2</a>, after Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.</li></ul> <p>To determine the underlying edition of Windows XP on which a particular revision of MCE is based, the System Properties <a href="/wiki/Control_Panel_(Windows)" title="Control Panel (Windows)">Control Panel</a> applet can be used. To determine the revision of MCE that is being used, select the About Media Center option from the General -> Settings area inside MCE. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Exclusive_features">Exclusive features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Exclusive features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Windows_Media_Center" title="Windows Media Center">Windows Media Center</a></div> <p>Windows XP Media Center Edition is distinguished with its exclusive component, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Media_Center" title="Windows Media Center">Media Center</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Media_player_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Media player (software)">media player</a> that supports watching and recording <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">TV</a> programs, as well as playing <a href="/wiki/DVD-Video" title="DVD-Video">DVD-Video</a>, photo slideshows, and music. Media Center sports a user interface that is optimized for use from a distance with large fonts and icons. </p><p>Unlike competing commercial <a href="/wiki/Digital_video_recorder" title="Digital video recorder">DVR</a> products, Microsoft did not charge a monthly subscription fee for its Media Center TV guide service. </p><p>Due to its strict hardware requirements, Microsoft opted not to supply Media Center as an independent retail version. Microsoft only distributed it to <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Developer_Network" title="Microsoft Developer Network">MSDN</a> subscribers and <a href="/wiki/Original_equipment_manufacturer" title="Original equipment manufacturer">original equipment manufacturers</a> in certain countries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. 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title="Category:Windows XP">a series of articles</a> on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="border-bottom:#ccf 5px solid"><a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_editions" title="Windows XP editions">Editions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_XP" title="Features new to Windows XP">New features</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_XP" title="List of features removed in Windows XP">Removed features</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Windows_XP" title="Criticism of Windows XP">Criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_Windows_XP" title="Development of Windows XP">Development history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_Windows_Vista_and_Windows_XP" title="Comparison of Windows Vista and Windows XP">XP vs. Vista</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#e4e4f0"> Siblings</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_Professional_x64_Edition" title="Windows XP Professional x64 Edition">Windows XP x64 Edition</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Windows XP Media Center Edition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2003" title="Windows Server 2003">Windows Server 2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Mobile_2003" title="Windows Mobile 2003">Windows Mobile 2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Mobile_5.0" title="Windows Mobile 5.0">Windows Mobile 5.0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Fundamentals_for_Legacy_PCs" title="Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs">Windows Fundamentals</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pocket_PC_2002" title="Pocket PC 2002">Pocket PC 2002</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Windows_XP" title="Template:Windows XP"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Windows_XP" title="Template talk:Windows XP"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Windows_XP" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Windows XP"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_XP_Media_Center_desktop.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/56/Windows_XP_Media_Center_desktop.png/233px-Windows_XP_Media_Center_desktop.png" decoding="async" width="233" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/56/Windows_XP_Media_Center_desktop.png/350px-Windows_XP_Media_Center_desktop.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Windows_XP_Media_Center_desktop.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a><figcaption>Windows XP Media Center Edition's desktop, when Media Center is not running. This edition uses Royale (Energy Blue) as its default theme.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_Vista#Away_Mode" title="Features new to Windows Vista">Away Mode</a></b> in Update Rollup 2 allows the machine to appear off while it performs background tasks.<sup id="cite_ref-AwayModeMCE2005_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AwayModeMCE2005-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Windows_Movie_Maker" title="Windows Movie Maker">Windows Movie Maker</a></b>, contains new effects and transitions and support for <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> burning based on <a href="/wiki/Sonic_Solutions" title="Sonic Solutions">Sonic Solutions</a>'s AuthorScript technology.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Windows_Media_Player" title="Windows Media Player">Windows Media Player</a></b>, upgraded to version 10, along with Windows Media Format Runtime 9.5.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Energy_Blue" class="mw-redirect" title="Energy Blue">Royale</a> theme</b>: not included in other editions of Windows XP except <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_Tablet_PC_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows XP Tablet PC Edition">Windows XP Tablet PC Edition</a>, it is included and enabled by default.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Plus!" title="Microsoft Plus!">Microsoft Plus!</a> Digital Media Edition components</b>: a number of applications not included in previous versions of MCE are now included such as Audio Converter, CD Label Maker, Dancer and Party Mode.</li> <li><b>SoundSpectrum's G-Force</b>: a special edition is included as one of the music visualizations for Windows Media Player.</li> <li><b>Screensavers and themes</b> from <i>Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP</i> are included (Aquarium, Da Vinci, Nature, Space and My Pictures Premium).</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Windows_Media_Center_Extender" title="Windows Media Center Extender">Media Center Extender Support</a></b>, dedicated hardware devices that allow users to view the same content that is available on the MCE computer over wired or wireless Ethernet, are introduced in this version for the first time. <a href="/wiki/Linksys" title="Linksys">Linksys</a> and other companies currently sell Media Center Extenders, and Microsoft sells an add-on kit for the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a> game console that allows it to function as an extender. The <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> also has Media Center Extender functionality out of the box, including HDTV support (which is notably absent from current extenders). Media Center 2005 currently can support up to 5 Media Center Extenders per household.</li> <li><b>First party hardware</b>: Microsoft has released its own first party <a href="/wiki/Remote_control" title="Remote control">remote</a>, receiver and <a href="/wiki/Infrared" title="Infrared">infrared</a> blaster with MCE 2005. A new specially designed wireless <a href="/wiki/Computer_keyboard" title="Computer keyboard">computer keyboard</a> for MCE 2005 was released September 2005.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Removed_features">Removed features</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Removed features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Joining a <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_domain" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Server domain">Windows Server domain</a></b>: The ability to join an <a href="/wiki/Active_Directory" title="Active Directory">Active Directory</a> domain is disabled by default. Computers that upgrade to Windows Media Center from a version of Windows that had joined the domain before upgrade will remain joined to the domain. However, if they leave the domain, they may never re-join. The option to join a domain during installation of this version of Windows is still available. Microsoft says that the reason for this discontinuation of feature is to support Media Center Extenders which required <a href="/wiki/Fast_User_Switching" class="mw-redirect" title="Fast User Switching">Fast User Switching</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is possible to re-enable joining a domain by modifying the Windows registry.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Windows_Media_Player" title="Windows Media Player">Windows Media Player</a> 6.4</b>, which is shipped with <a href="/wiki/Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000</a> and can be installed on <a href="/wiki/Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_NT_4.0" title="Windows NT 4.0">Windows NT 4.0</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_98" title="Windows 98">Windows 98</a>, was removed.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hardware_requirements">Hardware requirements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hardware requirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mediacenterinfo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Mediacenterinfo.png/300px-Mediacenterinfo.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Mediacenterinfo.png/450px-Mediacenterinfo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Mediacenterinfo.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="384" /></a><figcaption>The Software Version screen showing MCE running on an <a href="/wiki/Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a> <a href="/wiki/Core_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Core 2">Core 2 Duo</a> computer</figcaption></figure> <p>Media Center has higher hardware requirements than other editions of Windows XP. MCE 2005 requires at least a 1.6 GHz processor, <a href="/wiki/DirectX" title="DirectX">DirectX</a> 9.0 hardware-accelerated <a href="/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit" title="Graphics processing unit">GPU</a> (ATI <a href="/wiki/Radeon" title="Radeon">Radeon</a> 9 series or nVidia <a href="/wiki/GeForce_FX_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="GeForce FX Series">GeForce FX Series</a> or higher), and 256 MB of <a href="/wiki/Random_Access_Memory" class="mw-redirect" title="Random Access Memory">System RAM</a>. Some functionality, such as Media Center Extender support, use of multiple tuners, or <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">HDTV</a> playback/recording carries higher system requirements. </p><p>Media Center is much more restricted in the range of hardware that it supports than most other software <a href="/wiki/Digital_video_recorder" title="Digital video recorder">DVR</a> solutions. Media Center tuners must have a standardized driver interface, and they must have hardware <a href="/wiki/MPEG-2" title="MPEG-2">MPEG-2</a> encoders (this was changed as companies such as ATI wrote drivers to support MCE 2005 with their All-In-Wonder cards and HDTV Wonder cards), <a href="/wiki/Closed_caption" class="mw-redirect" title="Closed caption">closed caption</a> support, and a number of other features. Media Center remote controls are standardized in terms of button labels and functionality, and, to a degree, general layout. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Upgradeability">Upgradeability</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Upgradeability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Windows XP Media Center Edition could be directly upgraded to <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista_editions#Windows_Vista_Home_Premium" title="Windows Vista editions">Windows Vista Home Premium</a> or <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista_editions#Windows_Vista_Ultimate" title="Windows Vista editions">Windows Vista Ultimate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-release_support">Post-release support</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Post-release support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Support for Windows XP Media Center Edition under Microsoft's consumer product lifecycle policy was planned to end on April 13, 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-lifecycleXP-MCE_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lifecycleXP-MCE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, in July 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-wxpmce2002-lifecycle_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wxpmce2002-lifecycle-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft extended the support window to July 12, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-wxpmce2004-lifecycle_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wxpmce2004-lifecycle-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This date would be then extended again on December 31, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-wxpmce2002-lifecycle_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wxpmce2002-lifecycle-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to a final end of support date of April 8, 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-wxpmce2005-lifecycle_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wxpmce2005-lifecycle-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> citing support volumes in emerging markets as the reason for the extension.<sup id="cite_ref-wxpmce2004-lifecycle_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wxpmce2004-lifecycle-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Windows XP Media Center Edition retail availability ended as planned on April 14, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-lifecycleXP-MCE_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lifecycleXP-MCE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MediaPortal" title="MediaPortal">MediaPortal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SageTV" title="SageTV">SageTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Media_Connect" title="Windows Media Connect">Windows Media Connect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_PC" class="mw-redirect" title="Media PC">Media PC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodi_(software)" title="Kodi (software)">Kodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portable_Media_Center" title="Portable Media Center">Portable Media 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