UPgrade to XP Pro after SP1 on XP Home

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wjw

I am concerned that if I upgrade to Pro after I have
installed SP1 in XP Home that I will generate problems.
Does anyone have any recommendations? I really don't
desire to install it and then have to reinstall SP1, or
worse yet, mess up the relatively stable platform I
already have.

Thanks.

wjw
 
Why do you want to "upgrade" to pro from home? Unless this is a business
computer, on a network, there really is no reason to do so. The only real
difference between pro and home is that pro is made for networks while home
is made for home. I network has different security setup and unless you are
a qualilfied network admin, you will not have any use for the network
security protocols in pro.

Steven
 
wjw said:
I am concerned that if I upgrade to Pro after I have
installed SP1 in XP Home that I will generate problems.
Does anyone have any recommendations?


There are never any guarantees, but as upgrades go, this is the easiest and most-often successful one. It's highly unlikely that this will generate problems (but it's still prudent to have a backup of anything you can't afford to lose).

But are you sure you need to do this? XP Professional and XP Home are exactly the same in all respects, except that Professional has a few features (mostly related to networking and security) missing from Home. For most (but not all) home users, these features aren't needed, would never be used, and upgrading to Professional is a waste of money.
For details go to

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp
 
-----Original Message-----
I am concerned that if I upgrade to Pro after I have
installed SP1 in XP Home that I will generate problems.
Does anyone have any recommendations? I really don't
desire to install it and then have to reinstall SP1, or
worse yet, mess up the relatively stable platform I
already have.

Thanks.

wjw
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if it aint broke dont fix it.

do you need pro? if not stick with home.

buy pro with sp1 on the disk and you will have it when
you finish the upgrade.

yes you can have problems upgrading from home to
pro,caveat emptor.
 
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