Upgrading From Windows 2000 Pro

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I have a full version of XP Pro. Can I use it to upgrade from W2K Pro or do
I have to do a clean install?

Thanks!

Alias
 
Hi,

As long as it is a retail version and not an OEM full version it will do the
upgrade. The OEM version will not.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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Alias said:
I have a full version of XP Pro. Can I use it to upgrade from W2K Pro
or do I have to do a clean install?
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Yes, you can do an upgrade.

However, be sure it's really a Full version and not an OEM
version, which many people confuse with the Full version. An OEM
version will not do upgrades, only clean installations.
 
Alias said:
I have a full version of XP Pro. Can I use it to upgrade from W2K Pro or do
I have to do a clean install?
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If it is a proper Retail version, then yes. But not is it is one of the
'OEM' ones, sold with a bit of hardware, and probably marked 'for
supply only with a new computer' or similar wording: those will only
install clean
 
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