home over pro?

[seaweed1317]

I have a pirated copy pf XP Pro. .......big mistake. Can I buy the Home
Edition & put it on top or would I have to remove Pro first? I didn't need
Pro in the first place & a good lesson learned here.....buy my own
Thanks for any help
......seaweed

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You cannot install Windows XP Home Edition over an existing
Windows XP Professional installation. A "clean install" of
Windows XP Home Edition is required.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| I have a pirated copy pf XP Pro. .......big mistake. Can I buy the Home
| Edition & put it on top or would I have to remove Pro first? I didn't need
| Pro in the first place & a good lesson learned here.....buy my own
| Thanks for any help
| .....seaweed

 

[S.Sengupta]

You have to perform a clean installation to install XP Home.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

 

[Ken Blake]

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I have a pirated copy pf XP Pro. .......big mistake. Can I buy
the
Home Edition & put it on top or would I have to remove Pro
first? I
didn't need Pro in the first place & a good lesson learned
here.....buy my own Thanks for any help

Sorry, you're out of luck. Professional to Home is a downgrade,
and downgrades aren't supported. You'll have to do a clean
installation of XP Home.