Upgrading Home to Pro

[John Aldrich]

I'm trying to upgrade about 10 machines here at work to XP Pro (they
were bought by my predecessor with XP Home) and I'm trying not to
spend more money than necessary on the upgrade. I seem to recall that
you can use the full-install CD to perform an upgrade install
*without* wiping the system and installing from scratch. Is this
correct? If so, it would likely save us some money as the upgrade CD
is quoted by our preferred vendor at $226.00, however, I've seen the
full-install CD (including key) for about $120-$130 on the web.

Can someone here advise the *best* way to upgrade systems to Pro from
Home?

Thanks!

BTW, I would appreciate it if y'all could CC me on this, as I'm not
subscribed to this group.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm trying to upgrade about 10 machines here at work to XP Pro (they
were bought by my predecessor with XP Home) and I'm trying not to
spend more money than necessary on the upgrade. I seem to recall
that you can use the full-install CD to perform an upgrade install
*without* wiping the system and installing from scratch. Is this
correct? If so, it would likely save us some money as the upgrade CD
is quoted by our preferred vendor at $226.00, however, I've seen the
full-install CD (including key) for about $120-$130 on the web.

Can someone here advise the *best* way to upgrade systems to Pro
from Home?

Thanks!

BTW, I would appreciate it if y'all could CC me on this, as I'm not
subscribed to this group.

What you saw for that little of an amount is likely the OEM licensed CD.
You cannot use the OEM to perform any upgrade.
OEM is 'new installation' only.

You need a retail or volume license - Full version retail or Upgrade version
retail.

The best way to upgrade (safest) is to make sure all the hardware drivers
installed are the most current, the machines are clean of trojans/viruses,
make sure all the machines are clean of spyware/adware, make sure no
unnecessary applications are installed and those that are have the latest
updates installed. Once you have done that - I would recommend running the
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard on the user (if there is only one) that
uses the machine to an external drive - just to be safe - and then perform
the upgrade. You may end up not using the F.A.S.T. export - but you'll be
thankful you have it if something goes wrong and you end up installing one
from scratch. Then insert the CD while you are logged onto the machine as
an administrator and perform the upgrade.

Given the question(s) asked and your new responsibilities - you may want to
subscribe to this newsgroup.

 

[Guest]

Shenan stanly post is not correct...Thier is no "upgrade" from xp home to xp
pro,the upgrade is for older windows OS.While it has been done (upgrade)
microsoft specifically says one must boot to xp pro cd,select install xp
new copy,
delete the partition (home),create one,then xp formats & performs a "clean"
install....The 2 OS are similiar,but pro on to home creates conflicts....

 

[John John]

Where does Microsoft say that? Provide a link to back up your statement
or STFU!

John

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm trying to upgrade about 10 machines here at work to XP Pro
(they were bought by my predecessor with XP Home) and I'm trying
not to spend more money than necessary on the upgrade. I seem to
recall that you can use the full-install CD to perform an upgrade
install *without* wiping the system and installing from scratch.
Is this correct? If so, it would likely save us some money as the
upgrade CD is quoted by our preferred vendor at $226.00, however,
I've seen the full-install CD (including key) for about $120-$130
on the web.

Can someone here advise the *best* way to upgrade systems to Pro
from Home?

BTW, I would appreciate it if y'all could CC me on this, as I'm not
subscribed to this group.

What you saw for that little of an amount is likely the OEM
licensed CD. You cannot use the OEM to perform any upgrade.
OEM is 'new installation' only.

You need a retail or volume license - Full version retail or
Upgrade version retail.

The best way to upgrade (safest) is to make sure all the hardware
drivers installed are the most current, the machines are clean of
trojans/viruses, make sure all the machines are clean of
spyware/adware, make sure no unnecessary applications are installed
and those that are have the latest updates installed. Once you
have done that - I would recommend running the Files and Settings
Transfer Wizard on the user (if there is only one) that uses the
machine to an external drive - just to be safe - and then perform
the upgrade. You may end up not using the F.A.S.T. export - but
you'll be thankful you have it if something goes wrong and you end
up installing one from scratch. Then insert the CD while you are
logged onto the machine as an administrator and perform the
upgrade.

Given the question(s) asked and your new responsibilities - you may
want to subscribe to this newsgroup.

Shenan stanly post is not correct...Thier is no "upgrade" from xp
home to xp pro,the upgrade is for older windows OS.While it has
been done (upgrade) microsoft specifically says one must boot to xp
pro cd,select install xp
new copy,
delete the partition (home),create one,then xp formats & performs a
"clean" install....The 2 OS are similiar,but pro on to home creates
conflicts....

Andrew,

When you get one wrong (like this one) the first time - and it is proven to
you that it was the incorrect assumption - repeating it over and over does
not make it true.

Examples of your incorrect statement - over and over:
http://snipurl.com/s45j

The same answer I continue to give to prove to you that your assumption is
completely and totally false:

Andrew E. has been incorrect about this many times - but refuses (or perhaps
cannot comprehend) the fact that upgrading from Windows XP Home to Windows
Professional is supported and one of the easiest paths to follow.

Windows XP supported upgrade paths
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607

That article clearly shows a path from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP
Professional Edition..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607#XSLTH3140121123120121120120

Even external (non-Microsoft sponsored) confirm this:

What are the supported upgrade paths to Windows XP?
http://www.jsifaq.com/subI/tip4300/rh4349.htm

It would be nice - if just once - you responded to a rebuttal of your
incorrect answer and told us why you believe what you believe.

 

[Dave B.]

Is it your goal in life to provide useless, inaccurate information? Seems
that's all you do.

--

 

[Peter Foldes]

Andrew

I asked you many times to stop posting erroneous answers. You do more harm than good. AGAIN if you do not know the answer(s) to issues posted by OP's then DO NOT POST

You cause more harm than good for everybody