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Upgrading XP home to XP pro
Tom Porterfield tppor...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp general Melvyn Polatchek wrote: I have a copy of XP Pro on a machine which is about to be retired. I recently purchased a new laptop with XP home, thinking I could save some money by upgrading with my old XP pro CD (An upgrade version) When I tried to do

Upgrading XP Home to Pro
The upgrade requires that you have a previous qualifying version, either installed or on CD; the full version doesn't. -- Ken Blake Please reply to the newsgroup before upgrading to xp professional call the manufacturer of your notebook. "Theresa" <theresa.hart...@cox.com> wrote in message

Upgrading XP Home to XP Pro
terri stratton AssocExp...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp general Yes, you can use the standard upgrade version of XP Pro. Since Dell sells XP Pro as well as Home, they should certainly know this. If you can, you may be better off getting Pro from Dell since it can include the necessary drivers,

Upgrade of XP Home
I noticed that it states that it is only compatible with XP Professional. Does this therefore mean that it won't like being installed on XP Home Edition, or will have limited functionality? If this is the case, then I guess I'll need to upgrade to XP Professional. Can I do this using the standard upgrade disc that

upgrading xp home to xp pro
Ron Martell ron.mart...@gmail.com microsoft public windowsxp basics "Uncle Joe" <Uncle J...@anonymous.net> wrote: I've just recently learned that there's an upgrade available to upgrade XP home to XP Pro. I'm just moving into the realm of web development, and the use of modern web development tools .

Upgrading XP 64 Bit to Vista
If the version of XP Pro is also a Dell/Compaq/HP/whichever OEM version, chances are it will not work. Reason being is that it's tied to the system BIOS. If it's a regular OEM version with Microsoft markings, it can be used to perform a clean install only. If it's a retail upgrade or full version,

Upgrading XP Home to XP pro ??????????
If you buy a new computer you may have no choice, but there's approximately zero reason for anyone to switch from XP to Vista (note the use of switch rather than upgrade). After all the waiting, Vista is not much more than XP SP3. IME, it is never a good idea to ever upgrade to a newer OS on an older hardware

Upgrading XP home
When I right click the icon in the taskbar, and bring up the "view available wireless networks" window, everything in it, including the advanced button is grey, except for the cancel button. Does anyone know a fix for this issue that arose after the upgrade to XP Pro? Also do any of you have any knowledge of any

Screwup: Upgrading XP Home to PRO on HP Pavillion 753n
If you are upgrading from an older version of Windows I like to boot from the XP CD. From XP Home I do it from within XP Home. I have done this upgrade for many customers. Dell for some reason sells business' XP Home. When they start using a server with Active Directory they need to upgrade to XP Pro.

Upgrade XP Home to Pro for Visual C++ NET?
Carey cnfri...@midsouth.rr.com microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment Upgrading XP Home to XP Pro is very easy. First, disable any antivirus or internet security programs. Insert the XP Pro upgrade CD in the drive and it will bring up a setup menu. Select the "Upgrade" option (and NOT 'New Installation').

Upgrading XP Home Ed. to XP Pro
"Lorcan Murphy" <lorw...@msn.com> wrote in message news:7A0E86B1-4156-4478-9414-3777DEA14729@microsoft.com... I am getting conflicting information on this subject, is it possible to upgrade XP Home Edition to XP Professional using the XP Professional upgrade software, or is it necessary to use the fullblown XP

XP Upgrade Question???
It came with XP Home Edition, WORDPERFECT, and many other productivity software. Since I want to run ASP or IIS on it, I was also advised to upgrade to XP Pro which I did. However with the XP PRO upgrade, I don't see WORDPERFECT and other free software. HP tells me that the machines are (wrongly!

Upgrading XP Home to XP Pro
Also, some applications do not like the upgrade to XP. Take Norton Anti-Virus, Utilities and SystemWorks. Symantec recommends un-installing them before do the upgrade. The XP versions are not the same as the Windos 98/ME version. It has also been suggested that you re-do a complete re-format/re-install of your

Upgrading XP Pro 32-bit to Vista Ultimate 64-bit
I am currently a user of XP Home Edition... I've been using it for a while now, but am wanting to goto Pro? Is there any cheaper way to upgrade to Pro then buying the upgrade CD? Will the Upgrade CD even work for Upgrading XP Home to XP Pro? Any advice would be greatly Appreciated.

Upgrading XP PRO SP2 to Vista Home Premium
... 015f01c33c0d$56770d30$a4012...@phx.gbl, joel wrote: I would like to replace the preinstalled XP Home version on a new pc with XP Pro. Do I need to reformat and install XP Pro or can I just reinsalll XP Pro on top of XP Home? You can do either. Upgrading is the easiest and most-likely successful of all upgrades.

Upgrading XP home to Pro
If you actually have the full retail version of Home, you can simply upgrade over it with the Pro version. "William Rhodes" <hatter...@carolina.rr.com> wrote in message news:153b301c222e9$930778e0$39ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA08... I need to know whether or not it is possible to upgrade a Windows XP Home machine to XP Pro

upgrading XP Home to XP Pro
Mike Kolitz mike...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp network_web Yes, the Windows XP Pro Upgrade will upgrade XP Home. I have a seven machine all Windows XP Home peer to peer network. I want to upgrade one machine to Windows XP Professional because I belatedly found out that XP Home only allows five machines

Upgrading XP Home to XP Pro
Ken Blake, MVP kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain microsoft public windowsxp general Andrew E. wrote: Not sure where k.blake mvp gets his info from (defiently not from microsoft) because you can search it thruout and you'll get the same response "thier is no upgrade from xp home to xp pro"...The upgrade is for older

Upgrading XP Pro to Vista?
Please post your question into a Windows XP related newsgroup. Thanks, Stefan "Sam" <S...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BEEBF5CA-D964-40B9-B1F4-D1DBA2B71FBF@microsoft.com... When trying to upgrade from Home to Pro, i 1st encountered the 34 minute problem, i overcame this with disconnecting

Upgrading XP Home to XP Pro
Tom Porterfield tppor...@mvps.org microsoft public windows vista general Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote: You can only "upgrade" to Windows Vista 64-bit if you are currently running a 64-bit version of Windows XP Professional. If you are running the common 32-bit version of Windows XP Professional, then you cannot upgrade