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[brandy]

I have a retail ver. oem xp home on my machine.
I just rec. a new boxed ver xp home. Would it be to my advantage to
install the new one, and if so can I repair install with the new key. I
would like to get away from oem.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You'll have to perform a "Repair Install" using the
new Product Key and the Windows XP CD that came
with it.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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| I have a retail ver. oem xp home on my machine.
| I just rec. a new boxed ver xp home. Would it be to my advantage to
| install the new one, and if so can I repair install with the new key. I
| would like to get away from oem.

 

[Alias]

I have a retail ver. oem xp home on my machine.
I just rec. a new boxed ver xp home. Would it be to my advantage to
install the new one, and if so can I repair install with the new key. I
would like to get away from oem.

Why?

Alias

 

[D.Currie]

I have a retail ver. oem xp home on my machine.
I just rec. a new boxed ver xp home. Would it be to my advantage to
install the new one, and if so can I repair install with the new key. I
would like to get away from oem.

You should be able to do a repair install with the new key and software, as
long as the new version has the same or later service pack as what's
currently on the computer. If the new one has an older service pack, there
are still ways to get around it, but it's just not as easy.

By the way, your first sentence said you had a retail version oem -- which
is it, retail or oem? If you've already got retail, doing a repair install
isn't going to get you anywhere, unless you're doing it to fix a problem.

 

[brandy]

You should be able to do a repair install with the new key and software, as
long as the new version has the same or later service pack as what's
currently on the computer. If the new one has an older service pack, there
are still ways to get around it, but it's just not as easy.

By the way, your first sentence said you had a retail version oem -- which
is it, retail or oem? If you've already got retail, doing a repair install
isn't going to get you anywhere, unless you're doing it to fix a problem.

oops, its oem, come with hardware, the new is retail

 

[brandy]

Why?

Alias

Why, thats what I ask Would it be to my advantage

 

[t.cruise]

I do not see any advantage to installing the retail version. My systems come with OEM
CDs, and they do everything that the retail version CDs do (with the exception of
installing on another system). If your system is performing OK, why risk problems which
could arise installing the retail version? (Although I have never had a problem doing
repair installs, others have, so why risk it?) If in the future you do have a problem
with the system, that requires a reinstall, and you have backed up your data files, that
would be the time to do a clean install with the retail version (even then I would not
waste it, if you already have the OEM CD that came with the system). So, my answer to
your original question is that there really is no advantage installing the retail version.

T.C.

 

[Ken Blake]

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Why, thats what I ask Would it be to my advantage

If yours is a complete generic OEM version, rather than one
customized for a particular OEM machine, it's identical to the
retail version, and I don't see any advantage to doing so, other
than that it would give you the ability to get technical support
from Microsoft. Since support is available on newsgroups like
this one, I wouldn't bother doing it.

 

[brandy]

I do not see any advantage to installing the retail version. My systems come with OEM
CDs, and they do everything that the retail version CDs do (with the exception of
installing on another system). If your system is performing OK, why risk problems which
could arise installing the retail version? (Although I have never had a problem doing
repair installs, others have, so why risk it?) If in the future you do have a problem
with the system, that requires a reinstall, and you have backed up your data files, that
would be the time to do a clean install with the retail version (even then I would not
waste it, if you already have the OEM CD that came with the system). So, my answer to
your original question is that there really is no advantage installing the retail version.

T.C.

Thanks, TC that is good, I will hold on to new xp may put it on another
system. This one is working ok, I have done fresh install, and repair
installs useing the oem disk. thanks much..

 

[McSpreader]

You should be able to do a repair install with the new key and
software, as long as the new version has the same or later
service pack as what's currently on the computer.

That's not true. e.g. you can repair install an SP2 system with an
SP1 CD. The result will be SP1 so it then needs to be rolled forward
to SP2 + later fixes again.

 

[D.Currie]

That's not true. e.g. you can repair install an SP2 system with an
SP1 CD. The result will be SP1 so it then needs to be rolled forward
to SP2 + later fixes again.

It doesn't always work. Sometimes the user gets a message that they're
trying to overwrite a newer version with an older one, and then the install
halts.

Other people have reported error messages during and after doing a repair
install with an older version over a newer one. The error messages disappear
when the service packs and updates are done, but some people panic.and halt
the install mid-stream.

I'm sure that sometimes it also works, but those people wouldn't be posting
to a newsgroup asking for help if it worked. I haven't tried doing a repair
from newer to older myself, because I've got the updated CDs I need to do it
the easy way. But posts here indicate that there are enough problems to
warrant warning someone that they might have problems.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

That message comes up when someone attempts an upgrade such as Windows XP
Home SP-2 to Windows XP Pro SP-1 or no SP installed.
It does not matter for a Repair Installation.

 

[D.Currie]

I've had customers report that they've seen that message on repair installs,
and there is some other peculiar error message that pops up now and then as
well when doing a repair on top of an older SP'd version.

Personally, I've never seen it, but after a few phone calls, I get the idea
that it's not always smooth. And then again, since I'm not sitting there
watching them, they might be trying to go from Home to Pro. Over the phone
ya never know.