Originally Posted by
ScottGem
At this point in time you cannot purchase XP Media Center Edition separately. It only comes preinstalled on a Media Center PC. So did you purchase a Media center PC or what?
Second, Windows does not come with Office in any version. However, many PC manufacturers include a trial version of Office has a bundle. Also Office Standard doesn't come with FP in any version.
So where did you get what you say you installed?
Even though I have an original Office 2000, I had to purchase a new PC, and it did include the below apps which was nice.
The following, I received upon purchase of a new PC (pre-installed), but could make a single backup CD, and also separate ISOs for each application for backup - which does work on other PCs. This is MSO 2003: with SP2
Word
Excel
Powerpoint - with downloadable Powerpoint Viewer
MS Project
Access
InfoPath
OneNote
Publisher
Front Page
** have to admit that I don't use half of it *** I'm an old dBase fan and will always go back to it instead of Access.
The PC also came with
Office Tools
Office Digital Plus - Media Edition
I think it's also possible to create ISOs for these as well, but have not tried yet.
Maybe I got lucky when I bought an HP Presario PC - but the hardware leaves a lot to think twice about. So, we do know that Dell and HP do include these in their packages depending upon how much one wants to spend - and the vendor (and old patient and friend of mine) registered my PC for a 'company' (so maybe that made a difference too).