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LURKER
I have Windows XP Home, SP3 with latest updates.
I purchased Retail Windows PRO with SP2
How do I upgrade my XP home to XP PRO?
I purchased Retail Windows PRO with SP2
How do I upgrade my XP home to XP PRO?
LURKER said:I have Windows XP Home, SP3 with latest updates.
I purchased Retail Windows PRO with SP2
How do I upgrade my XP home to XP PRO?
LURKER said:I have Windows XP Home, SP3 with latest updates.
I purchased Retail Windows PRO with SP2
How do I upgrade my XP home to XP PRO?
Thanks for all the suggestions. I have pondered and thought out all.
The Michael Stephens site I had already found.
Why do I want to do it?
1. XP Pro has more security option with files/folders. At times I
need the SECURITY tab / ADVANCED button to "take ownership" of a
resource on a USB temporarily (or removable tray)connected hard drive
that comes from another system, usually a VISTA system. I sometimes
need access to the LOCAL folder of the profile to forcefully remove a
trojan.
2. Get legal again. My DEL OEM XP home CD disk from 2002 uses a key
that is part of a family of now invalid keys.
and I also will want to upgrade the motherboard/CPU again, soon.
Of the suggestions here, I think maybe the slipstream suggestion is
the most obvious. There is no SP3 update listed in the changes, but
there are 47 updates since Feb 2009, including several "Hot Fixes".
Uninstall of all those does not seem like a reasonable endeavor.
Daave said:LURKER wrote:
You are either mistaken or confused. This is most definitely *not* the
case! *Every* Dell CD contains a golden master key that is BIOS-locked
to enable SLP (system-locked preinstallation). That is, as long as you
use a Dell CD on a Dell PC, all is good. You don't even need to enter
a Product Key.
I do seem to vaguely recall there was an issue with old Dell CDs (Gold
level) and SP3, but I'd have to look that up, too. But, these
keys/licenses are still valid!!!
there is very little difference between
the home version and the pro.
I think one minor difference is that
the pro has a partition utility while
the home version does not.
but there are free partition utilities
available "and" a retail version of
a partition utility should cost much
less than an entire operating system.
unless your home version is pirated,
my suggestion is to take the "pro"
back for a refund,
especially since winxp is now to
versions behind because of the
latest release of win 7.
David said:You said Pro has a disk utility that Home doesn't, I want to know what
utility that is.
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