Installing XP Pro over home edition

[Guest]

I recently purchased a adobe product. It seems to not be compatible with
Windows XP Home edition, so I went and bought Windows XP Pro. I have the x64
edition as well, but I don't know the difference. Well, my computer
currently runs Windows XP Home edition and I want to get my adobe product to
work on it. Would it hurt my computer if I installed Windows XP Pro onto it
while Windows XP Home is installed? I think it would just overwrite the home
edition and make my system use pro, but there are chances that this may not
work and completely screw up my computer. If this is possible, would I
install Windows XP Pro just like any other operateing server or is it
different?

Thanks a lot to anyone that can help.
Brian

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I recently purchased a adobe product. It seems to not be
compatible with Windows XP Home edition, so I went and bought
Windows XP Pro. I have the x64 edition as well, but I don't know
the difference. Well, my computer currently runs Windows XP Home
edition and I want to get my adobe product to work on it. Would it
hurt my computer if I installed Windows XP Pro onto it while
Windows XP Home is installed? I think it would just overwrite the
home edition and make my system use pro, but there are chances that
this may not work and completely screw up my computer. If this is
possible, would I install Windows XP Pro just like any other
operateing server or is it different?

If the 'adobe product' will not work on Windows XP Home that you currently
have - it is unlikely to work on Windows XP Professional. Professional adds
more networking features and security/configuration abilities (Like EFS.) I
know of no Adobe Product that won't work on Windows XP Home and Professional
at the same time (unless you have a 64 bit version of the product - then it
will not work on both.) Also - if you do not have a 64bit processor - you
will not be installing Windows XP x64.

In short - you are unlikely to need more than Windows XP Home given what you
have and if some Adobe product will not work - well - you need to be more
specific and let us know what product it is exactly - because it sounds like
you have some other issue.

 

[Guest]

XP home or pro should work fine with any adobe software,the two OS run
about the same in that matter....However,if pro is youre choice,thier is no
"upgrade" from home to pro...One needs to boot to xp pro cd,select install
xp,
new copy,delete the partition (home),create one,then xp formats & installs
auto...

 

[Guest]

Extremely rare to find software that REQUIRES Pro, only exception may be
Active Directory-related tools. We use Home on small-office computers these
days, which is perfectly OK so long as you don't need Domain membership. Main
reason is not so much cost but the very limited choice of PC's supplied with
Pro, unless you're ordering bulk.

The upgrade is normally painless except for the additional cost/time per PC.

I'd have to add that Adobe software has become less of a flagship product
for reliability (and security!) of late, I've seen a few cases where the
setup has mangled the permissions on the registry, necessitating a System
Restore.

 

[John John]

The upgrade is normally painless except for the additional cost/time per PC.

Don't try to tell that to Andrew E.! He's got it stuck in his head that
"thier [sic] is no "upgrade" from home to pro..." No amount of
reasoning or telling and showing him that he is wrong will persuade him
otherwise! He has it in his thick skull that the only way to upgrade XP
Home to XP Pro is to format the drive and do a clean install.

If you search the google archives on his trademark "thier" spelling
error you will find that many have tried to explain the facts to him but
he just doesn't get it.

Andrew E. sometimes tells us that:

"If you chk any microsoft division TechNet,MSDN,etc They specifically
say thier is no upgrade from home to pro,the upgrade is for older
windows OS..."

http://groups.google.com/groups?as_...81&as_maxd=9&as_maxm=11&as_maxy=2007&safe=off

But of course he has never, ever, been able to produce a link to such
information on any Microsoft site.

John

 

[Guest]

I had contacted Adobe. The installation process doesn't work on Windows
home. They had reports on that OS, but not on the Pro, so pro may do the
same thing. If this si the case, what would happen if I installed Vista over
XP. I don't like Vista because of it's support for other games. I have many
games that I play at times. Such as Battlefield and Command & Conquer games.
Some are brand new games, some are up to 10 years old. Is there anyway that
Vista could be installed and have all my games be unaffected?

Sorry for the million questions, but Vista is very confuseing to me.

Thanks,
Brian

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I had contacted Adobe. The installation process doesn't work on
Windows home. They had reports on that OS, but not on the Pro, so
pro may do the same thing. If this si the case, what would happen
if I installed Vista over XP. I don't like Vista because of it's
support for other games. I have many games that I play at times.
Such as Battlefield and Command & Conquer games. Some are brand new
games, some are up to 10 years old. Is there anyway that Vista
could be installed and have all my games be unaffected?

Sorry for the million questions, but Vista is very confuseing to me.

What Adobe Product is this?
I have installed MANY of them - I do not recall any being unable to install
on WIndows XP Home.

 

[Guest]

I'm trying to install Adobe Creative Suite 3:Web Standard

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm trying to install Adobe Creative Suite 3:Web Standard

Could be that they made this more for Windows Vista 32bit...

I do not see Adobe Creative Suite having ANYTHING that would work in Windows
XP Professional that wouldn't also work in Windows XP Home. So either that
is just *what they are telling you* or they really did design the product
more around Vista than they will tell anyone.

Installing Vista might help you - but it seems a pretty steep change. In
any case - before going to Vista - check all the hardware you have lying
around (internal and external) to be sure it is supported in Vista. Video
cards, sound cards, scanners, printers, etc.