Upgrading XP home edition to XP Professional

[Guest]

I am getting conflicting information on this subject, is it possible to
upgrade XP Home Edition to XP Professional using the XP Professional upgrade
software, or is it necessary to use the fullblown XP Professional software?

 

[winmexuser]

You should only need the upgrade. XP is XP , same version
with different features.

 

[Phil]

Xp pro upgrade version will upgrade xp home to pro. You don't need the full
version of pro.

 

[Mike H]

You may want to look at this website before committing money to software
that you may not require..

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/compare.mspx ..

 

[Mick Doherty]

My OEM Full XP Pro will NOT upgrade XP Home, don't know about non OEM or
upgrade versions, but I'm sure I read on the MS site that XP Home is a valid
OS for XP Pro upgrade edition.

 

[Alias]

"Mick Doherty"

My OEM Full XP Pro will NOT upgrade XP Home, don't know about non OEM or
upgrade versions, but I'm sure I read on the MS site that XP Home is a valid
OS for XP Pro upgrade edition.

Yeah, it is, but with an OEM, you'll need to do a clean install as it won't
upgrade anything.

Back up first

Alias

 

[Phil]

OEM version do not do upgrade installs. They can only do clean install. One
of the few downfalls of oem.

"Mick Doherty"

 

[CS]

"Mick Doherty"


Yeah, it is, but with an OEM, you'll need to do a clean install as it won't
upgrade anything.

Back up first

Alias:

Look here:

http://www.thetechguide.com/howto/setuppini.html

I seem to remember that an OEM version can do an upgrade but you have
to cheat a bit.

Regards.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I am getting conflicting information on this subject, is it possible to
upgrade XP Home Edition to XP Professional using the XP Professional upgrade
software,

The upgrade CD will do the job. *Possible* downside is that you Home
then forms part of the support for the license, so you could not then
use a (retail) Home for another machine

 

[Guest]

can xp pro be installed over an edition of home edition with sp2 without
causing problems? i heard it can but i can't find out for sure. i can't
uninstall sp2 because it was loaded on when i bought my laptop. anyone know?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You can load it over WinXP Home, but if the WinXP Pro disk does not already
have SP2 included you will need to create a slipstreamed version of it
first. Otherwise, setup will fail with an error about the installed version
being newer than it.

Instructions:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

thank you nut case if that is your real name