can i install xp home over 2000 NT professional?

[ben]

Hi,

I have a Thinkpad running Windows 2000 NT and wopuld like
to turn it from a work/networked computer to a Home
computer.

Would installing XP Home do the trcik? Would it save me
some memory space? Can I install XP Home or can I only
upgrade to XP professional?

I have about 1 GB free hard rive space.

Separate question in case you know it... are there ways to
upgrade my IBM 600X Thinkpad as fas as Hard Drive space?

Thanks,

Ben

 

[Stephen]

Don't do that. Upgrade with WinXP Pro Upgrd.

Some ways to reduce space taken up by Windows XP:

1. Turn off Hibernation - when enabled it creates a file on harddrive the
size of your RAM.
2. Turn off system restore - sometimes it creates numerous restore point
files.
3. Reduce size of Pagefile - the pagefile can be hundreds of megabytes ..
4. There are a few Windows components you can uninstall after upgrading. Use
Add/Remove Program's Add/Remove Windows Components e.g. MSN Explorer,
which you probably do not use, takes 13.2 MB .. the games take up 12.1 MB
etc.

Stephen

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| Hi,
|
| I have a Thinkpad running Windows 2000 NT and wopuld like
| to turn it from a work/networked computer to a Home
| computer.
|
| Would installing XP Home do the trcik? Would it save me
| some memory space? Can I install XP Home or can I only
| upgrade to XP professional?
|
| I have about 1 GB free hard rive space.
|
| Separate question in case you know it... are there ways to
| upgrade my IBM 600X Thinkpad as fas as Hard Drive space?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Ben

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Win2000 can only upgrade to WinXP Pro.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a Thinkpad running Windows 2000 NT and wopuld like
to turn it from a work/networked computer to a Home
computer.

Would installing XP Home do the trcik? Would it save me
some memory space? Can I install XP Home or can I only
upgrade to XP professional?

Win2000 can only be upgraded to XP Pro. To get Home you would need the
full version CD - which costs about the same as the Pro upgrade one.
Home will need as much space, or very nearly, as Pro does, and both will
need quite a bit more than Win2000