From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   I was recently asked to upgrade an XP Media Center 2005 machine to Win7.   
      
      
   I told the owner there is no direct route...plus due to the older H/W   
   would not really be worth it. I built the guy a new machine and all is well.   
      
      
   However since he did not want the old machine I thought I'd experiment   
   and see if it could be upgraded to Vista.   
      
      
   Per Microsoft, Media Center 2005 should be upgradeable to Vista Home   
   Basic or Ultimate.   
      
      
   I tried both, but the upgrade option was not available, the message was   
   that the installer could not find the upgrade parameters and a clean   
   install is the only option.   
      
      
   Just a matter of curiosity.   
      
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