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rosco
02-06-2007, 04:37 PM
I was working with someone who has XP MCE 2005 on his computer and would like to join it to a domain. I have used this link before without problems. (http://extended64.com/blogs/rafael/articles/404.aspx)

However, with this particular computer, I get to step number 19 which says:
Expand: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > BANANA > WPA > MedCtrUpg

I cannot find the MedCtrUpg subkey. Can I just create it? I don't think I had to do that step last time. The only thing I can think that I did different was that I installed the recovery consol from a XP Pro cd instead of from a XP MCE 2005 cd this time. Could that have made the difference? I can try to track down a MCE 2005 cd and try it again but I'm wondering if anyone else has come across this problem.

Yes I know it's not supported but I would like to make this work. There are a ton of programs on here that require a lot of time to configure. So, wiping it clean and installing XP Pro isn't an option at this point.

Thanks.

QwertyJuan
02-06-2007, 04:55 PM
I actually think this is illegal... not sure though.

rosco
02-06-2007, 11:04 PM
Well, I would also like to hear about a good way to upgrade to XP Pro without having to reinstall all the applications etc.

So, whichever is easier works for me. Any idea how to do a clean upgrade to XP Pro?

rosco
02-07-2007, 04:49 PM
So, does anyone have any ideas for me?