downgrading from XP pro to XP home

[Guest]

ok I had windows XP Home on my computer, but I wanted to upgrade it to Pro,
and so I did, and found out my PC runs a lot slower, locks up more frequently
and is just in general a pain. I was wondering if anybody knew a way for me
to downgrade back to XP home? thanks.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

ok I had windows XP Home on my computer, but I wanted to upgrade it to
Pro,
and so I did, and found out my PC runs a lot slower, locks up more
frequently
and is just in general a pain. I was wondering if anybody knew a way for
me
to downgrade back to XP home? thanks.

You can only go from XP Pro to XP Home via a full reformat and new install.

 

[Frankster]

You'll have to do a clean install. Reformatting, etc. MS does not support a
"downgrade".

OTOH, if you reformat and do a clean install, Pro will probably be fine too.

-Frank

 

[Chad Harris]

Big J--

Believe me and others will agree. Pro should not run your box any slower.
I'm going to put some sugestions up to clean/speed your PC with links.

If you wanted to go from Pro to Home, you could if you have the Home CD by
doing an inplace "upgrade" whcih for you would be an "inplace downgrade/and
it is the repair installation I'm linking.

Perform a Repair Installation
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx

You could also format XP Pro, but I suspect what you have (you have not
said) is an upgrade CD to upgrade Home to Pro.

You are going to need an XP Home CD (going for the lowest prices in history)
to do this.

I suggest you forget that, and follow some of my steps below:

Speed PC and Control CPU Tips/Steps

SPEED AND CPU:

_______________

1) Trim processes you don't need in TM. Google them or "search engine of

your choice them" if you have to.

2) Go to

services.msc in run box and turn off services not needed and there are some.

SERVICE CONFIGURATION REFERENCES*

*Vista Services*

Part One

http://www.tweakvista.com/article38662.aspx

Part Two

http://www.tweakvista.com/article38664.aspx

Windows Vista Services Tweak Guide v1.0

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=87443


3) Run System File Checker.

SFC: http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

In Vista run it from an elevated command prompt. Right click command on

start and run as administrator.

4) Run 3 or so spyware scans Windows Defender, , Adaware, and Spybot

5) Probably the most important for speed consistently and efficient resource

use DEFRAG with www.raxco.com or www.diskeeeper.com with 15% free space on

drive if DK and or >5% if Raxco's Perfect Disk.

http://groups.msn.com/windowsxpcentral/spyware.msnw

Download Adaware and

Spybot from here.

GOOD Overall Review for Defending Your PC:

http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

MSFT Defense Site MSFT Security:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx

Protect Your PC from MSFT Security:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

MSFT Windows Defender

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

MSFT MSRT: (Malicious Software Removal Tool)

http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx



MSFT "Windows One Care" in Wings (AV and Spyware Scans)

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/may05/05-13WindowsOneCarePR.mspx

6) Unck items from msconfig start tab you don't need starting and some

won't start--peoiple who think just uncking for many are naive because there

are 12 places things can be started including several reg keys like Run Once

keys and there are serveral.

7) Turn off Messaging service--it's a security vulnerability and it slows

you

8) Defrag very often every other day actually.

9) Turn off indexing.

10) Clear TIF and %temp% files (delete) and go to safe mode to get as many

as u can.

10) Do troubleshooting with msconfig.

11) Do Clean boot with msconfig utility and search for the directions here:


Vista RTM Tweak Guide (Tweaks to Improve Performances)

http://www.google.com/search?source...,GGLJ:2006-47,GGLJ:en&q=vista+rtm+tweak+guide



1) Task Manager lists the services on the services tab in Vista.

2) Type services.msc in run box and using the list of services, click the

service and you'll get a description of services.

3) There is a list here of the default services and a description>>click

"default settings for services" in the left pane.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...afb8-43ce-b39d-50e6d5b89bf81033.mspx?mfr=true



4) To view service dependencies

1.

Open Services.

2.

In the details pane, right-click the service that you want to view

dependencies for, and then click Properties.

3.

Click the Dependencies tab.

4.

To view services that are associated dependencies of the selected service,

in the list on the Dependencies tab, click the plus sign next to the

service.

Many of the services but not all in Vista are the same as in XP, so in that

context:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/services.htm


Also see the extremely helpful site:

Black Viper's Service List

http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP Services.htm


Black Viper's Site (Many of the same services in Vista)

http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP Services.htm


http://www.z123.org/techsupport/xpservices.htm


http://www.geocities.com/ziyadhosein/xpserv1.htm


http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php

This will be helpful

http://web.archive.org/web/20041128084144/www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

______________________________________________________________________________________________

How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560/

Resources for troubleshooting startup problems in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308041/

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316434

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/

How to Disable a Service or Device that Prevents Windows from Starting

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310602/



Also ck out these references:

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,5155,00.asp



http://www.speedupyourcomputer.windowsreinstall.com/index.htm

and

http://www.extremetech.com/search_r...=how+to+speed+windows+xp&filterapp=&site=4P.S.



Defragging with a decent defrag every day will make a huge dent inefficient

resource/CPU use.

Perfect Disk has a 5 month full functionality trial on now for Windows

Vista.

Good luck,

CH

 

[Dustin Harper]

You can only do a clean install, i.e. format and reinstall. Make sure you
get a backup of all your settings and files.

 

[Chad Harris]

GreenieLeBrun and Frank--

You actually could do this if you had a full XP Home CD, using an inplace
upgrade or repair install method in 32 minutes. You also can take an XP SP2
system and using an OEM SP1 CD from MSFT or a vendor, or a properly
slipstreamed XP CD and do a repair install to SP1 then upgrade it if you
like to SP2.

I've done both. You simply do this:

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/315341

Method 2 is used.

Perform a Repair Installation
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx


But the most important point is that the OP needs to do appropriate hygeine
to his box. For example he never considered that at a moment in time on XP
Pro he acquired malware, just as one example and his logic is systemically
flawed to the max. I provided those steps for him.

If anyone thinks they have documentation lol that a box with XP Pro runs
more slowly than XP--please do post it up. I'd love to see the whacky
source for that.

CH
_____________________

"Sometimes it's hard to see progress when you're close to the problem. I
guess the New Orleans Saints' football team represents progress."

George Moron Bush, President of the Anna Nicole/Brittney and lagely
completely illiterate United States.
March 1 Touchdown at New Orleans

On Monday, the race will be on for the liars to provide a pardon, because if
Fitz has the guts he will flip one of the dumbest Harvard law grads in
history to indict Cheney for outing a CIA agent who was not only currently
covert, but outing her associates and placing them in direct danger as well.

 

[Chad Harris]

Not the case Dustin. You absolutely could do a repair install and go from
XP Pro to XP Home if you had the full XP Home CD to boot from.

You actually could do this if you had a full XP Home CD, using an inplace
upgrade or repair install method in 32 minutes. You also can take an XP SP2
system and using an OEM SP1 CD from MSFT or a vendor, or a properly
slipstreamed XP CD and do a repair install to SP1 then upgrade it if you
like to SP2.

I've done both. You simply do this:

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/315341

Method 2 is used.

Perform a Repair Installation
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx


But the most important point is that the OP needs to do appropriate hygeine
to his box. For example he never considered that at a moment in time on XP
Pro he acquired malware, just as one example and his logic is systemically
flawed to the max. I provided those steps for him.

If anyone thinks they have documentation lol that a box with XP Pro runs
more slowly than XP--please do post it up. I'd love to see the whacky
source for that.

CH
_____________________

"Sometimes it's hard to see progress when you're close to the problem. I
guess the New Orleans Saints' football team represents progress."

George Moron Bush, President of the Anna Nicole/Brittney and lagely
completely illiterate United States.
March 1 Touchdown at New Orleans

On Monday, the race will be on for the liars to provide a pardon, because if
Fitz has the guts he will flip one of the dumbest Harvard law grads in
history to indict Cheney for outing a CIA agent who was not only currently
covert, but outing her associates and placing them in direct danger as well.

 

[Rock]

ok I had windows XP Home on my computer, but I wanted to upgrade it to
Pro,
and so I did, and found out my PC runs a lot slower, locks up more
frequently
and is just in general a pain. I was wondering if anybody knew a way for
me
to downgrade back to XP home? thanks.

XP Home and Pro are the same in core components. There shouldn't be any
difference due to the OS so something else has happened, a bad install,
failing hardware, hard drive problems, horked software installs, etc.

By the way, why are you asking this in a Vista newsgroup. There is a whole
series of XP newsgroups including microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

 

[Chad Harris]

"XP Home and Pro are the same in core components. There shouldn't be any
difference due to the OS so something else has happened, a bad install,
failing hardware, hard drive problems, horked software installs, etc."

This is absolutely correct, and why the OP should perform steps to speed
and clean his system rather than to believe something about Pro slowed his
computer's performance.

CH

 

[Dustin Harper]

Really? I've never gotten that to work correctly. It usually doesn't allow
the key to work. I've had Pro on a laptop but ended up selling the laptop,
and wanted to put the OEM version of Home back on it (with the OEM CD that
came with it, and the OEM key on the bottom of the laptop). It may have been
because it was an OEM version.

Cool. I'll have to remember that, it'll come in handy. You learn something
new everyday! Thanks!

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Dustin Harper
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http://www.vistarip.com

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