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Doc wrote:
> I had a question about my M-Audio Audiophile 2496. It's running
> under XP Media Center. M-Audio replied that they don't support any
> of their hardware with this O/S.
>
> The card works like a champ as far as I can tell. Their response is
> "this doesn't mean you won't experience full functionality but we
> don't support it".
>
> ??
>
> Do they know whether their card works with this O/S or don't they?
> Can someone clarify what the rationale behind this is?  Is there
> something fundamentally different about the way XP MCE is designed
> that it's wholly unlike other versions of XP and just happens to
> have the same look as the other versions?
>
> Anyone experience weird problems with XP MCE that other versions
> don't cause? Everything I've ever run on it runs fine, including
> older versions of things that aren't certified for it such as
> Soundforge 5 and Cakewalk Pro Audio 8.

Can you download drivers for Windows XP Professional?

Same thing.  Windows XP Media Center is basically Windows XP Professional 
with the Media Center components and lacking a couple of domain related 
features...

Hardware manufacturers seem to pick and choose like this to save their 
support time.

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