Media Centre and Live Messenger, incompatible

Hi,
I have Media Centre running on my PC:
That is: Windows XP
Media Centre Edition , version 2002
Service Pack 2

I have discovered that I cannot use "share Folder" and "Remote Assistance"
associated with MSN Live Messenger.

I this a limitation in Media Centre Edition or have I done something wrong
with access rights?

Thanks for all help...
/Knut

No limitation. Ive been using MCE and MSN/WLM for well over a year and
a half now. Is your hard drive running on an NTFS file system? Thats
what sharing folders needs, but not sure about remote asistance..
Sharing Folders USN Journal Reader service, set it to manual or
automatic, start it if it isnt already running, then click OK. Do the
same for Remote Desktop Help Session Manager. To find out what file
system your drive is running, go to My Computer, Right click C:\ drive
and select properties. If it is FAT32 or somethign other than NTFS
then that will be why it doesnt work. http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.php
has good instructions on how to convert it. Ignore the BootiNg, as
that is not needed. what is needed are the instructions below it.

Hi Mickey, you're spot on. The file system is indeed FAT32.
I thought XP only used NTFS and didn't think to check this point.
In fact is that so: That XP also operate on FAT32?

Thanks/
Knut


"Mickey" wrote:

Windows XP can use FAT32 partitions.
But as you can see, some apps need NTFS features to work properly.

If you want to convert your partition to NTFS, you can do so with the
following instructions.

How to convert a FAT16 volume or a FAT32 volume to an NTFS file system in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881

Usual caveats about backing up your data apply.

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Jason, thanks for this advise, and I'll deploy the Convert command as
specified in the KB-article from Microsoft.
But, I'm puzzled. Why on earth would they ship a new PC, with XP, running
FAT32. Cannot see any benefits in this. Am I missing something?

Thanks/
Knut


"Jason Tsang" wrote: