Upgrade Windows 2000 to XP home?

[Guest]

Hi,

Is it possible to buy an upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows XP Home
edition?

So far, the only upgrade I have been able to find requires you to have
Windows 98 or Windows Millenium.

Thanks,
Paul

 

[Rock]

Hi,

Is it possible to buy an upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows XP Home
edition?

So far, the only upgrade I have been able to find requires you to have
Windows 98 or Windows Millenium.

No. Windows 2000 is a qualifying product for an upgrade to XP Pro, but not
XP Home.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

No.

You can upgrade to XP Pro from Windows 2000 Professional.

See the table here...

Upgrading from Previous Versions of Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/matrix.mspx

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi,

Is it possible to buy an upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows XP Home
edition?

No. Microsoft considers that a downgrade. You can upgrade from Windows 2000
Professional to Windows XP Professional, but not to XP Home.

So far, the only upgrade I have been able to find requires you to have
Windows 98 or Windows Millenium.

There are other supported upgrade paths, but there is only one Upgrade
edition (not separate ones depending on what you are upgrading from), and it
works for all upgrades that are supported. As I said, 2000 Professional to
XP Home is not supported.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi,

Is it possible to buy an upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows XP Home
edition?

No. Win2K can be upgraded to WinXp Pro, but not to WinXP Home.

So far, the only upgrade I have been able to find requires you to have
Windows 98 or Windows Millenium.

That would be correct.

Upgrading to WinXP from Previous Versions of Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading/matrix.asp


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[Guest]

Paul what software do I need to download to replace Windows Millenium with
Windows XP? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Don

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Paul what software do I need to download to replace Windows Millenium
with Windows XP? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

You can upgrade from Windows Me to Windows XP without a problem.

The issue below is that you can not upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional
to Windows XP Home; that's considered a downgrade. The upgrade from Windows
2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional is fine; it's just 2000
Professional to XP Home that's not supported.

However, note that many Windows Me-era computers may be underpowered to run
Windows XP with acceptable performance.

 

[Tim Slattery]

Paul what software do I need to download to replace Windows Millenium with
Windows XP? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

It can't be done by download, and it's not free. You have to buy a
WinXP CD. You can get an Upgrade version, which will save you some
money. You can use either Home or Professional. Home is cheaper, but
can't join a domain. If that function is important to you, you'll have
to spend the extra bucks for Professional.

And don't get an OEM version. They will not upgrade an existing OS.