Possible to upgrade to 2003 from XP Pro?

[Tex]

I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server" running
Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade directly
from XP to W2k3?

- tex

 

[Admiral Q]

I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server"
running Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade
directly from XP to W2k3?

- tex

No - Win2k3 is an upgrade for Win2k Server, not WinXP Pro.

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[Guest]

Windows server 2003 is a direct add-on to xp,actually most of the 03 tools
work in xp w/o the installation.

 

[Tex]

Windows server 2003 is a direct add-on to xp,actually most of the 03 tools
work in xp w/o the installation.

OK....so will a direct upgrade work or no?

- tex

 

[Larry Samuels]

When are you ever going to get a clue--Server IS NOT an add-on!!!

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Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
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[Larry Samuels]

No--you cannot upgrade from a Workstation OS to a Server OS

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Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
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[Bruce Chambers]

Windows server 2003 is a direct add-on to xp,actually most of the 03 tools
work in xp w/o the installation.

How did you manage to come up with this complete and utter nonsense?


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[Bruce Chambers]

I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server" running
Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade directly
from XP to W2k3?

- tex

Microsoft has *never* provided a supported upgrade path from its
workstation operating systems to its server operation systems. WinXP
and Win2K3 Server are no different.


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[Ken Blake, MVP]

How did you manage to come up with this complete and utter nonsense?

This is Andrew E. you're talking to. *Everything* he posts is complete and
utter nonsense.

 

[paulmd]

I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server" running
Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade directly
from XP to W2k3?

- tex

Supported upgrade paths to server 2003. No version of XP is on it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810613/en-us


If you want to expiriment anyway, just make clone of the original XP
install, and play with the copy.

I looked at a few third party migration tools, but so far none of them
say they support 2k3.

Detto comes closest.
http://www.detto.com/

 

[Hank Arnold]

Huh?????????????????? Where did you get this?

Regards,
Hank Arnold