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Guest
I am upgrading from XP home to XP pro. Will this upgrade be transparent or do
I need to take some pre-upgrade precautions?
I need to take some pre-upgrade precautions?
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Ken Blake, MVP
Terry said:
It's the easiest and most-likely successful of all possible upgrades,
because so little needs to be changed.
However, easy as it may be, there are no guarantees that it always works
perfectly. However unlikely, it's always possible that something might go
wrong. For that reason it's prudent to be sure you have a backup of anything
you can't afford to lose before beginning.
But are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Home and
Professional are identical except that Professional includes a few features
(mostly related to security and networking) missing from Home? Most home
users don't need and would never use these extra features and will see no
benefits by upgrading.
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
Also note another point, not included in any of the above: Professional
allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only five.
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Guest
"The easiest of all upgrades" per blake mvp posted.....Hmmmmm,microsoft
specifically says that one should not upgrade from home to pro,the upgrade
is for older windows OS.To install pro from home,only a clean install of pro
will work...
specifically says that one should not upgrade from home to pro,the upgrade
is for older windows OS.To install pro from home,only a clean install of pro
will work...
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Bruce Chambers
Terry said:
WinXP is designed to install and upgrade the existing operating
system while simultaneously preserving your applications and data, and
translating as many personalized settings as possible. The process is
designed to be, and normally is, quite painless. That said, things can
go wrong, in a small number of cases. If your data is at all important
to you, back it up before proceeding.
The upgrade from WinXP Home to WinXP Pro, in particular, almost
always goes smoothly, as both operating systems use the same kernel.
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Bruce Chambers
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Bruce Chambers
Andrew said:
Liar.
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Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User
Bruce
That guy is in a world of his own and responds to nobody..
That guy is in a world of his own and responds to nobody..
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Ken Blake, MVP
Andrew said:
Only a troll like you could possibly post the same nonsense after you've
been corrected multiple times by multiple people. Microsoft does not
specifically say that, but specifically says just the opposite, as has been
pointed out to you again and again.
It doesn't do any good for me to correct the troll Andrew E., who just
ignores corrections to his repetitive errors, but for anyone else reading
this who might be tempted to believe him, see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607 and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607#XSLTH3140121123120121120120
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Ken Blake, MVP
Mike said:Bruce
That guy is in a world of his own and responds to nobody..
I used to think he was just ignorant, and didn't know what he's talking
about. But it's become very clear that he's a malicious troll who *wants* to
give people erroneous information, in the hope that he can cause them
problems or screw up their systems. Nobody else but such a troll would
continue to post and repost the same errors in the face of all the evidence
to the contrary that's pointed out to him.
Bruce is absolutely right. It's not just that he's in a world of his own;
he's an outright liar.