How do uninstall you windows xp edition that has been installed on xp pro media center?

I want to uninstall windows xp media center edition because I think it's slowing down my computer and the computer unable to multitask. It was installed on xp pro. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi KirkStratton,

You cannot uninstall Windows Media Center, it is an integral part of the operating system. You can stop the process of Media Center to run. After you have upgraded in the only way that you could go back to the previous version of Windows would be to perform a clean installation.

Follow these steps:

(a) open the menu 'Start', then click on 'Control Panel'.

(b) click on add or remove programs. Click on "access to default values and selection programs."

(c) click on 'continue' and check the "Custom" in the menu drop-down box.

(d) scroll down to the "Choose default Media Player" section.

(e) uncheck the box that says "enable access to this program" next to 'Windows Media Center'. Click OK.

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