Upgrade Home to Pro

[Terry]

I'm going to upgrade XP Home to XP Pro. Can I just run it as an upgrade or
do I need to format the drive and do a clean install? Will everything work
the same as before? Is Pro just an XP with a few more features in it? If
I boot to the Pro install disk, will it see the Home version as an older
version and automatically try to upgrade?
Thanks.

 

[LVTravel]

Yes to just about all your statements (it will upgrade, things SHOULD work
as before, it has more file security and can log onto a domain but unless
you need the features it is not worth upgrading, it will see Home as a
qualifying upgrade path even though the box doesn't state it.) After you
install Pro over Home you will have to redo any SP installations you have
done in the past.

Now, do you really need to do the upgrade? Read the features between the
two to help you decide
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

 

[LVTravel]

By the way, make sure to backup everything before you upgrade. Things can
go wrong with any program installation and this is a major installation.

 

[Terry]

Yes to just about all your statements (it will upgrade, things SHOULD work
as before, it has more file security and can log onto a domain but unless
you need the features it is not worth upgrading, it will see Home as a
qualifying upgrade path even though the box doesn't state it.) After you
install Pro over Home you will have to redo any SP installations you have
done in the past.

Now, do you really need to do the upgrade? Read the features between the
two to help you decide
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

Well, I've had problems with user permission settings that wouldn't seem to
let some programs run except in admin mode and I want to have some users
set up as superuser that home wouldn't let me do. Also sick of having to
reboot to get into admin account. Pro may not solve some of this but I can
get it at a very good price.
Thanks for the info.
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