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Need Help Upgrading XP Home to XP Pro
Even more annoying was that I only had an upgrade CD for XP Pro, when I tried a clean install I could not verify against the recovery disk (good job I have an XP Home disk for my kids pc too!) So good luck and beware! Clean install is the way to go - but make sure you have a disk you can validate against. ok good

Instructions for upgrading XP home to XP pro
Ken Blake kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain microsoft public windowsxp general In news:0f4801c37d33$e014ced0$a401280a@phx.gbl, GT <gregorytreadwayNOS...@hotmail.com> typed: Can I upgrade my XP Home computer to XP Pro without reformatting the HD? I mean can I upgrade my existing OS through an upgrade process? Yes.

Upgrading XP home to XP Prof
Tim Slattery Slatter...@bls.gov microsoft public windowsxp general "Todd" <anonym...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Does Microsoft have any upgrade options to upgrade to XP Professional from XP Home, or do I need to go out and buy a new license? You need to buy an upgrade version of XP Professional.

Upgrading XP Home to XP Pro
I needed to upgrade form XP Home to XP pro on my laptop for network connectivity reasons. I assumed it would be no problem. The upgrade went smoothly at first, but after a little while it got hung up on the Windows screen with the activity bar. I forced it to shut down, and when I restarted I had the choice of XP

Any *real* advantage to upgrading XP to vista (upgr4ading ...
Bill Sanderson bill_sander...@msn.com microsoft public windowsxp network_web I would call Microsoft sales and ask them. I can't find a reference for this. My strong belief is that it does--ie XP Pro Upgrade can upgrade XP home. This upgrade is certainly supported, the only question is which media is needed,

XP Evaluation expiration, upgrade to XP Pro?
I've just learned that I ordered 4 Dell PC's with XP Home Edition and need to upgrade to XP Pro. Dell's cost is high but my most concern is, is this considered an upgrade? If so, what do I purchase other than the full version of XP Pro? or is there an upgrade from home to pro XP edition somewhere?

Office XP (SP1) and Adobe Acrobat 5.05 PDFMaker
The upgrade from XP Home to XP Professional is tested extensively. Please let us know if there are any issues you run into. Sincerely, Pat Walters [MSFT] "xpupgrade" wrote: I have IBM desktop that came with XP Home installed. I bought an Upgrade to XP Professional at a local store. It has Service Pack 2 as part of

Issues with upgrading from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows ...
Ron Martell ron.mart...@gmail.com microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support "Phil" <u...@news.group> wrote: I am about to upgrade XP Home to XP Pro. MS doesn't seem to give any major words of wisdom and I would lke to know if there are any critical preparations I should do before I run the Pro install.

Upgrading XP Home
Steve Winograd winog...@pobox.com microsoft public windowsxp general In article <1473e01c2594c$a1fcc8c0$39ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA08>, "Jen" <jenstone...@cs.com> wrote: I just purchased a notebook with XP Home loaded. I need to upgrade it to XP Professional to access files on a server. Do I have to buy the $199 upgrade?

upgrading xp home to xp pro
So, can I use the XP Professional upgrade on XP Home, or is there something else I need to do? Bryce Hamilton Yes you can - but I will just say that, by changing the OS, you will render the warranty null and void. Laptop parts aren't cheap - could you afford to replace them? -- Cassandra Reply email disabled.

Upgrading XP Home to Pro, missing files
RoseSong roseso...@comcast.net alt windows-me Upgrading XP Pro over 2000 Pro from what I could tell thru newsgroup posts has a pretty good chance of Success. Mostly because you are dealing with the NT Kernel and not Dos. http://www.aumha.org/a/xpupgrad.htm read here. "Heze" <henkka_1...@REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote

Upgrading XP Home to XP Professional
But the upgrade options table on the following website seems to indicate that one could do an in-place upgrade from XP Pro 32-bit to either version of Vista Ultimate, while one would have to do a "clean install" to get from XP Pro 64-bit to either version of Vista Ultimate.

upgrading xp to vista premium question
I'm looking to upgrade WIN XP Home to WIN XP Pro - any known issues, will I need to reinstall any apps? ... any help is greatly appreciated! if you have a cdr, i recommend using start/program/accessories/system tools/files and settings transfer to save all your current files (favourites/email/etc) onto a folder to

Upgrading XP Home
Mike Brannigan [MSFT] mikeb...@online.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp general "dennis" <Kraz...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:042d01c3b620$ecb576f0$a401280a@phx.gbl... is it possible to upgrade xp pro to server 2003 or use xp pro as a server? i have server 2003 and it says it cannot upgrade xp pro to

Upgrading XP 64 Bit to Vista
You boot from the XP Upgrade CD, and allow it to start Setup. At some point, it will stop and ask you to insert the old Windows CD. Take out the XP disk, put in the other one, you will be told when to put the XP disk back in. This CD can be a version of Win98 (possibly SE needed), ME, 2000, or XP Home or Media

Upgrading XP Home Edition to XP Professional
Unless you *need* to connect to a network domain controller, use encryption, or run IIS, there is pretty much no benefit to upgrading to XP Pro from Home. There will definitely be a cost, which you've noticed already. So the first question is, why do you feel you need to upgrade XP from Home to Pro?

Upgrading XP Home to Windows XP Office
I want to upgrade my Gateway notebook from XP Home to Professional. Mainly, I want to know whether my applications will survive the upgrade. Reinstalling all the apps is really not an option -- it would take a couple of days, even if I could find all the media, which I doubt. Anyone have concrete experience with

xp home edition version 202 upgrade
Steve Winograd [MVP] winog...@pobox.com microsoft public windowsxp network_web In article <169e101c44818$802a5750$a4012...@phx.gbl>, "Lynn" <gofast@babygrandracingofca. com> wrote: I need to know how to load one Windows XP Pro to both my Laptop and PC as an upgrade... I am trying to network the two and I need the

Upgrading XP Home to Pro cheaply to access Remote Desktop
Before doing the Office XP upgrades, I uninstalled Adobe completely (or at least as completely as Adobe's uninstaller allows). After upgrading XP from Office 2000, I then applied Office XP, SP1 (on 2 machines). I then reinstalled Adobe 5 from the CD master and upgraded to 5.05. By all rights, this should have done

Upgrade XP Home to Pro
Airman Basic whoever9...@yahoo.com microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support I just got through upgrading XP Pro RC2 to XP Pro final. Seems fine, retained all settings, except for my upgraded Radeon drivers. It replaced them with the version from the CD. Booted to RC2 in my triple boot system, told it to upgrade,