sp2

[Robert J. Lafayette]

read that cris ( see 8/12/2004 post)
"Pro and Home: Mine's Pro"


cris loaded sp2 on to XP home and it
apparently converted his system to XP pro.

did he do this via network installation?,
or simply downloading to one computer?

i queried cris via the forum but i could not send query that way.

does anyone think i can download sp2 'for developers'
to a cd and then load to my computer
to, in effect, 'upgrade' from home to pro?

pro would be an advantage (reduced cost too)
to me as i would then be able to access the network at
work for which i can only partially do now,
because 'home' restricts total network access/ usage.

am trying not to spend more if possible to upgrade to pro.

robert

 

[StANTo]

read that cris ( see 8/12/2004 post)
"Pro and Home: Mine's Pro"


cris loaded sp2 on to XP home and it
apparently converted his system to XP pro.

Windows XP Home and Pro are effectively the same versions but with software
differences. I believe with Service Pack 2 that Microsoft has removed the
naming conventions because they've had to implement the same software and
security measures for all versions of Windows XP. Thus, removing their
naming conventions that they were using to determine which version you were
running.

 

[PsyB]

It creates the illusion that you have Pro installed but illusion it
remains. The functionality of your file security and the like remain
untouched and you still do not have the IIS services available as you do
in Windows XP Pro. The RTM and MSDN version of the installers are
identical save that the MSDN has SDK's included, it won't migrate Home
to Pro. If you rgtclk My Computer and look at the General tab it will
tell you that you have Windows XP Home. When I initially saw the blue
bars flying across the loader instead of the familiar green I was quite
hopeful that MS had made a rather large error as I have a number of Home
machines at home that I would have updated and not felt the least bit
bad. On further inspection, however, you will see that all that was
stripped from Home previously, remains stripped now. That includes IIS,
Software RAID, etc. But you do get that blue line on the loader

 

[Robert J. Lafayette]

thanks muchly,
i understand now and will simply await theautomatic upgrades to take place
after the 16th,

robert

It creates the illusion that you have Pro installed but illusion it
remains. The functionality of your file security and the like remain
untouched and you still do not have the IIS services available as you do
in Windows XP Pro. The RTM and MSDN version of the installers are
identical save that the MSDN has SDK's included, it won't migrate Home
to Pro. If you rgtclk My Computer and look at the General tab it will
tell you that you have Windows XP Home. When I initially saw the blue
bars flying across the loader instead of the familiar green I was quite
hopeful that MS had made a rather large error as I have a number of Home
machines at home that I would have updated and not felt the least bit
bad. On further inspection, however, you will see that all that was
stripped from Home previously, remains stripped now. That includes IIS,
Software RAID, etc. But you do get that blue line on the loader

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-=[PsyB]=-

read that cris ( see 8/12/2004 post)
"Pro and Home: Mine's Pro"


cris loaded sp2 on to XP home and it
apparently converted his system to XP pro.

did he do this via network installation?,
or simply downloading to one computer?

i queried cris via the forum but i could not send query that way.

does anyone think i can download sp2 'for developers'
to a cd and then load to my computer
to, in effect, 'upgrade' from home to pro?

pro would be an advantage (reduced cost too)
to me as i would then be able to access the network at
work for which i can only partially do now,
because 'home' restricts total network access/ usage.

am trying not to spend more if possible to upgrade to pro.

robert