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If your computer came with XP on it then you own a version of XP OEM - the manufacturer should have given you the cd with your computer. Clearly they didn't (but make absolutely sure). I'd ring the manufacturer up and ask for it.
It'll be xp home and xp home is poo poo :P
Alternatively, you could buy yourself a proper version on ebay or some such similar site. Or you could look into getting xp media centre edition, since you want to make it a media box.
If the price of that puts you off, i know you said you didn't want to, but you should give consideration to open source solutions. There are some that are fairly easy - mythtv is one off the top of my head, sort of like a tivo, but there is another linux-based media centre type getup, the name escapes me - google will help :P.
If you're intent on sticking with windows and are put off by the price (can't blame you) there are less legal avenues you could go down, but i don't condone that sort of thing.
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