Upgrading XP Home Edition to XP Professional

[Amber]

Am I able to upgrade XP Home Edition to XP Professional
using the 'upgrade' version of XP Professional software
or will I need to purchase a full version.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Amber,

The upgrade version will do fine.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[brock]

Hey buddie i wud recommend a complete reinstall and clean
one .. becoze u cannot upgrade from home to Pro or home
to 2003 or home to 2003 becoz they are all diff versions
of the same OS.

Plz feel free to revert in case the solution doesnt
work ..

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hey buddie i wud recommend a complete reinstall and clean

one ..

Bad advice, you can always go back and do a clean install if an upgrade
doesn't work (and it's rare that it doesn't). You can't do it the other way
around. Why give up everything you have to upgrade the operating system?

becoze u cannot upgrade from home to Pro or home
to 2003 or home to 2003 becoz they are all diff versions
of the same OS.

That is about as confusing as any statement can be.

- The poster did not ask anything about Win2003, which is a server version
and has nothing to do with this thread.
- Server 2003 and WindowsXP are not the same operating system.
- You CAN upgrade from WinXP Home to WinXP Pro with the upgrade disk.

Please get your facts straight.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Tim Slattery]

Am I able to upgrade XP Home Edition to XP Professional
using the 'upgrade' version of XP Professional software
or will I need to purchase a full version.

The Upgrade version will work just fine. But you should make sure that
you need XP Pro before making the expenditure. Look at these pages:

Windows XP Comparison Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Which Edition Is Right for You?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp