Editing Windows XP Media Center Edition (section)

{{short description|Microsoft Windows operating system released in 2001}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = Windows XP Media Center Edition
| logo = Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition_logo_and_wordmark.png
| logo size = 200px
| screenshot = File:Windows XP Media Center desktop.png
| caption = Windows XP Media Center Edition's desktop, when Media Center is not running. This edition uses Royale (Energy Blue) as its default theme.
| developer = [[Microsoft]]
| succeeded_by = {{ubl
| [[Windows Vista]] (only Home Premium and Ultimate included Media Center)|
}}
| family = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| source_model = {{ubl
| [[Proprietary software|Closed-source]]
| [[Source-available software|Source-available]] (through [[Shared Source Initiative]])
}}
| RTM date = {{Start date and age|2002|09|03}}<ref name="RTM date">{{cite web|title=Windows XP Media Center Edition Released to Manufacturing In Time for Holiday 2002|url=http://news.microsoft.com/2002/09/02/windows-xp-media-center-edition-released-to-manufacturing-in-time-for-holiday-2002/|website=News Center|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=25 December 2014|date=2 September 2002|archive-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225160353/http://news.microsoft.com/2002/09/02/windows-xp-media-center-edition-released-to-manufacturing-in-time-for-holiday-2002/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| GA date = {{Start date and age|2002|10|29}}<ref name="GA date">{{cite web|title=The Wait Is Over! Windows XP Media Center Edition Ushers in New Era of Entertainment on the PC|url=http://news.microsoft.com/2002/10/28/the-wait-is-over-windows-xp-media-center-edition-ushers-in-new-era-of-entertainment-on-the-pc/|website=News Center|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=25 December 2014|date=28 October 2002|archive-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225182252/http://news.microsoft.com/2002/10/28/the-wait-is-over-windows-xp-media-center-edition-ushers-in-new-era-of-entertainment-on-the-pc/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| release_version = 2005 Update Rollup 2 (5.1.2715.3011)
| release_date = {{start date and age|2005|10|14}}
| kernel_type = [[Hybrid kernel]] (Windows NT)
| ui = [[Graphical user interface]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[commercial software]]
| website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20021003074903/http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.asp | microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter}} (Archive site)
| support_status = {{Plainlist|
*Mainstream support ended on April 14, 2009<ref name="lifecycleXP-MCE" />
*Extended support ended on April 8, 2014<ref name="lifecycleXP-MCE">{{cite web|title=Microsoft Product Lifecycle: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition|url=http://support2.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&alpha=Microsoft+Windows+XP+Media+Center+Edition&Filter=FilterNO|website=Microsoft Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=13 December 2014|archive-date=December 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213195722/http://support2.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&alpha=Microsoft+Windows+XP+Media+Center+Edition&Filter=FilterNO|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
}}

'''Windows XP Media Center Edition''' ('''MCE''') is a version of the [[Windows XP]] [[operating system]] which was the first version of Windows to include [[Windows Media Center]], designed to serve as a [[Home theater PC|home-entertainment hub]]. The last version, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2, was released on October 14, 2005. After that, Windows Media Center was included in certain editions of later Windows versions. It was an optional, paid addition to [[Windows 8]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Sinofsky|first=Steven|date=May 3, 2012|title=Making Windows Media Center available in Windows 8|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/b8/2012/05/03/making-windows-media-center-available-in-windows-8/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224005745/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/b8/2012/05/03/making-windows-media-center-available-in-windows-8/|archive-date=February 24, 2016|work=Building Windows 8|publisher=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> and then discontinued in [[Windows 10]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12435/windows-10-upgrade-faq|title=Upgrade to Windows 10: FAQ|work=Microsoft Support Website|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=Nov 14, 2018|access-date=December 30, 2018|archive-date=April 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421070729/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12435/windows-10-upgrade-faq/|url-status=live}}</ref> Windows XP Media Center Edition reached end of support on April 8, 2014, along with most other [[Windows XP editions]].