Thread: No IE installed with Media Center

In news:8079853A-55B2-49FC-B12A-4E12B1C7D26B@microsoft.com,
Jimmy Jones <JimmyJones@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> I recently had to reinstall Media Center on a PC due to errors we
> don't need to get into here. When Media Center was originally
> installed on the PC everything was working normally and IE was
> installed and I had no problem activating windows.
>
> After reinstalling with the same CDs and same license key Ie does not
> appear to be on the system although when I go into add/remove
> programs and click on windows components it does appear checked. I
> can't find the exe file on the windows partition at all.
>
> Other symptoms since the reinstall include:
> - DHCP client service does not start automatically even though it is
> set to start automatically.
> - No Windows activation option on the Start Menu
> - When I click Activate Windows icon on the task bar nothing happens
> and the icon just goes away.
>
> I can start the DHCP client service easily enough and obtain an IP
> when I do so.
> I can use Windows Explorer to browse the internet.
>
> The only hardware configuration change is that this time I made a
> larger partition for Windows.

Hi - you might get more expert help in a WinXP MCE group....this one's for
regular XP. When you post in there, you might also include event log errors.

Jimmy Jones wrote:
> I recently had to reinstall Media Center on a PC due to errors we don't
> need to get into here. When Media Center was originally installed on the
> PC everything was working normally and IE was installed and I had no
> problem activating windows.
>
> After reinstalling with the same CDs and same license key Ie does not
> appear to be on the system although when I go into add/remove programs
> and click on windows components it does appear checked. I can't find the
> exe file on the windows partition at all.

It should be found at Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

> Other symptoms since the reinstall include:
> - DHCP client service does not start automatically even though it is set
> to start automatically.

Try setting it to manual.

> - No Windows activation option on the Start Menu
> - When I click Activate Windows icon on the task bar nothing happens and
> the icon just goes away.


Is this an OEM machine where the install is BIOS locked? If so, then there
is nothing for you to do.

> I can start the DHCP client service easily enough and obtain an IP when I
> do so.
> I can use Windows Explorer to browse the internet.
>
> The only hardware configuration change is that this time I made a larger
> partition for Windows.

Let me know if any of that helps.
--
Tom Porterfield