installing home again

[Guest]

I have a laptop that came with windows xp home.My dad bought windows xp pro.I
installed it on my laptop went to register it and it said it was already
activated needless to say i forgot to delete it and the other dasy the
Evaluation ran out.I went to log on to my computer and it wont let me
on....untill windows is activated.On some of the FAQS i see that you cqnt go
back to xp home from xp pro.Will i have to buy another xp home or pro and
reinstall to get my computer operable?Thx in advance

 

[RWS]

I have a laptop that came with windows xp home.My dad bought windows xp pro.I
installed it on my laptop went to register it and it said it was already
activated needless to say i forgot to delete it and the other dasy the
Evaluation ran out.I went to log on to my computer and it wont let me
on....untill windows is activated.On some of the FAQS i see that you cqnt go
back to xp home from xp pro.Will i have to buy another xp home or pro and
reinstall to get my computer operable?Thx in advance
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I am sorry about your situation.
I strongly suggest it is now time to talk to the computer manufacturer
concerning the best course of action to take at this point.
Had you consulted them prior to attempting / performing the upgrade to
XP Pro, especially with a copy that had already been activate on a different
computer, they could have advised you appropriately.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/features/activation.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/evaluate/xpactiv.mspx
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