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.
Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (codenamed 'Emerald', October 2005) is a major update to MCE 2005 (Symphony) and was a recommended download.Among other things, it includes support for Media Center Extenders, and CD/DVD-Video burning support. It is the first edition of MCE available to non-Tier 1 system builders. Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (codenamed 'Symphony') was launched on October 12, 2004.Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 (codenamed 'Harmony') was launched on Septemand was made available as an upgrade to the owners of the original editions' licenses.It was first announced on 16 July 2002, released to manufacturing on 3 September 2002 and was first generally available on 29 October 2002 in North America. Windows XP Media Center Edition (codenamed 'Freestyle') was the original version of Windows XP Media Center.A preview version of Windows XP Media Center Edition from Microsoft's eHome division, was shown at CES 2002, with the final version released later that year.