First you need to download all the needed updates and hotfixes.

1.Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (KB900325)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=en

2.Update Rollup 2 for eHome Infrared Receiver for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (KB912024)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=en

3.Update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (KB913800)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=en

4.April 2006 Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (KB914548)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=en

Then you need to extract WindowsXPMediaCenter2005-KB900325-usa.exe (or the one in your own language)
inside is a folder called "bin"
Delete everything inside exept the hotfixes.
Copy these to your $OEM$ folder exept "KB900325.exe" (we need that one later)
Files to place in $OEM$ :


Now open your CMDLINES.TXT and add the following lines :


Now make a new folder in the folder where you put your software.
For example , this is how mine looks like :
D:\xpcd\SOFTWARE
So with the new folder it looks like this :
D:\xpcd2006\SOFTWARE\mceupdates ( i called the new folder "mceupdates" )
Put all the other hotfixes inside that folder.


(Make sure you downloaded them in your own language)
I use RunOnce to install my software , so i can only tell you how i install them.**

(Ofcourse you need to modify it to make it fit in your cd)

**NOTE
Make sure before the hotfixes get installed .net 1.1 is already installed.

All this will make the loading time when you enter windows for the first time after install a bit longer.
But thats normal, and is only the first time.

I hope i cleared things up a bit now.

Thanks muiz for this clear explanation how to get this working,I wil test this later (after queensday party) and let you know my results.
However i'm not using RunOnce but WPI, so have to test how to do this in WPI (I will sort it out).
Nice job.

It works , however i noticed something strange.
When i start MCE for the first time , when you get the wizard...during that wizard it says:
That the evaluation version is over.
The strange thing is , that i have no evaluation version but a bought OEM version.

Strange....wil test also after the weekend.
Hope this won't pop up for me.
I will inform you wensday.
And just to let you know, I don't have a bought OEM version.
Nice queensday, don't drink too much.....

i pushed the button to go back in the wizzard and the message is gone.
very strange!!!!

"thx , cheers "

Unfortunately I have the same error after install.
But MCE seems to work good although.

if i remember correctly... the april update includes all the previous updates/fixes after Rollout 2...

therefore you'll only need the following:

- Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (KB900325)

- April 2006 Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (KB914548)

I only included the hotfixes it gave me with windows update , and it gave me the other one to.

Maybe this should be make a sticky, so we know what vital updates are needed for MCE.

This information served me well, and it would be nice to see it kept up-to-date.

good idea

Just found another update, I don't know if it's critical or not.

WindowsXP-KB917953-x86-ENU

Help Support Article
Download

That has nothing to do with MCE2005 , or the solution to install hotfixes for MCE2005. !

OK, sorry for my misunderstanding...

Is it really neccesary to install .NET FrameWork 1.1 ? and not just 2.0 ? Don't know for sure, but I think I had some problems by installing only 2.0....

KB900325\update.inf:

[Prerequisite]
condition = SingleOp , PreReq.SingleOp.MediaCenter
condition = SingleOp , PreReq.SingleOp.OneDotOneFramework
condition = SingleOp , PreReq.SingleOp.OneDotOneSP1Framework

[PreReq.SingleOp.MediaCenter]
EqualOp = CheckCustom,,SpCustom.dll,IsMediaCenterPC,,"==",1

[PreReq.SingleOp.OneDotOneFramework]
EqualOp = CheckReg, HKLM, "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v1.1.4322", "Install", 0x00010001, "==", "1"

[PreReq.SingleOp.OneDotOneSP1Framework]
GreatOrEqualOp = CheckReg, HKLM, "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v1.1.4322", "SP", 0x00010001, ">=", "1"

can someone give me a direct link to `doenload the KB912024 and KB888795 ``

why?

are you not genuine?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...88-4CAB82F31DC8 KB888795 is included in KB912024

Hi,

Does the process described in Post #1 actually set the correct MCE version numbers in the registry?

Does your MCE PC know that this fix has been correctly installed and applied and is the correct entry present in Add / Remove Programs?

I would suspect that this is only correctly done if the proper installer for this rollup is used.

Kind Regards

Simon

Why can't we run all the updates from cmdlines.txt?

THX amazing...it works now

hi! i have a little problem fixing this, because i don't understand very well this step, (Copy these to your $OEM$ folder exept "KB900325.exe" (we need that one later)
Files to place in $OEM$ i don't know what is the $OEM$ folder, sorry about that i'm new into this.