Replace pirated XP

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A student friend of mine upgraded his PC and then installed a pirated copy of
XP Pro. He wants to get legal and I have advised him to buy a copy of XP
Home(cheaper). I am afraid the Home version will not install with a Pro
version in place. Will it? If not, what is the best plan? Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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

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

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| A student friend of mine upgraded his PC and then installed a pirated copy of
| XP Pro. He wants to get legal and I have advised him to buy a copy of XP
| Home(cheaper). I am afraid the Home version will not install with a Pro
| version in place. Will it? If not, what is the best plan? Thanks

 

[Bruce Chambers]

A student friend of mine upgraded his PC and then installed a pirated copy of
XP Pro. He wants to get legal and I have advised him to buy a copy of XP
Home(cheaper). I am afraid the Home version will not install with a Pro
version in place. Will it? If not, what is the best plan? Thanks

Your friend will need to purchase and use a _legitimate_ full
retail copy of WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade)
installation, using the new CD and Product Key.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

The only way to change from WinXP Pro to WinXP Home is to format
the drive and start over. There is no supported downgrade path or
technique.

Simply boot from the WinXP Home installation CD. You'll be
offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as
part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the
order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm



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Bruce Chambers

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