Win 2000 Prof. to XP Home?

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My daughter was told that because she has Windows 2000 "Professional" she
can only upgrade to Windows XP Professional and not the "Home" version. She
doesn't really need the professional version. Is there a work around for
this or is she stuck?
TIA
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dot said:
My daughter was told that because she has Windows 2000 "Professional"
she can only upgrade to Windows XP Professional and not the "Home"
version.
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That's correct.

She doesn't really need the professional version. Is there
a work around for this or is she stuck?
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There's no workaround. However if she wants to, she can still buy
and install Windows XP Home cleanly.
 
Only Windows XP Professional can upgrade over an existing Windows 2000
installation. In order to install Windows XP Home Edition, a reformat of the
hard drive will be required.

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My daughter was told that because she has Windows 2000 "Professional" she
can only upgrade to Windows XP Professional and not the "Home" version. She
doesn't really need the professional version. Is there a work around for
this or is she stuck?
TIA
dot
 
Greetings --

The answers the same as it was the first time you asked this
question yesterday.

Win2K can be upgraded to WinXP Pro, but not to WinXP Home. That
would be why Win2K wasn't listed as a qualifying product on the box.
If she really needs only WinXp Home, her only option is to format the
hard drive and perform a clean installation.

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered
the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of
the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of
boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


Bruce Chambers

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My daughter was told that because she has Windows 2000 "Professional"
she
can only upgrade to Windows XP Professional and not the "Home"
version. She
doesn't really need the professional version. Is there a work around
for
this or is she stuck?
TIA
dot
 
Merry Christmas to you Bruce!
dot


Greetings --

The answers the same as it was the first time you asked this
question yesterday.

Win2K can be upgraded to WinXP Pro, but not to WinXP Home. That
would be why Win2K wasn't listed as a qualifying product on the box.
If she really needs only WinXp Home, her only option is to format the
hard drive and perform a clean installation.

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered
the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of
the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of
boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


My daughter was told that because she has Windows 2000 "Professional"
she
can only upgrade to Windows XP Professional and not the "Home"
version. She
doesn't really need the professional version. Is there a work around
for
this or is she stuck?
TIA
dot
 
Ken said:
There's no workaround. However if she wants to, she can still buy
and install Windows XP Home cleanly.
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Note though that this will need to be a 'Full' version of XP Home, which
is much the same price as the Pro Upgrade - which would be easier. And
she *might* find herself missing a facility that she had been using
unawares that is in 2000 but only in XP Pro.
 
dot

I would ask your daughter why she needs to upgrade to Windows XP. Windows
2000 is very stable and much more mature than XP is. You would be better
staying with Win 2000 than going to XP Home.
Dick


My daughter was told that because she has Windows 2000 "Professional" she
can only upgrade to Windows XP Professional and not the "Home" version. She
doesn't really need the professional version. Is there a work around for
this or is she stuck?
TIA
dot
 
She still has her old Windows ME disk. If I can get her to Re-format can't
she use that for a qualifying product if she gets the Home version "upgrade"
which I think she already has on order?
dot


Note though that this will need to be a 'Full' version of XP Home, which
is much the same price as the Pro Upgrade - which would be easier. And
she *might* find herself missing a facility that she had been using
unawares that is in 2000 but only in XP Pro.
 
Hi Dick,
I can't remember all the reasons she wants to upgrade... there were several
though. One of them was that she is getting a laptop from her new job that
does have XP on it although I don't know if it's the home or professional,
and she wanted them to both be on the same OS.
dot

dot

I would ask your daughter why she needs to upgrade to Windows XP. Windows
2000 is very stable and much more mature than XP is. You would be better
staying with Win 2000 than going to XP Home.
Dick


My daughter was told that because she has Windows 2000 "Professional" she
can only upgrade to Windows XP Professional and not the "Home" version. She
doesn't really need the professional version. Is there a work around for
this or is she stuck?
TIA
dot
 
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Alex Nichol said:
Note though that this will need to be a 'Full' version of XP Home,
which is much the same price as the Pro Upgrade - which would be
easier. And she *might* find herself missing a facility that she had
been using unawares that is in 2000 but only in XP Pro.
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Yes, unless she also has an older CD of Windows 95, 98 or Me
lying around. She could then use the XP Home upgrade
legitimately; she could format the hard drive from a DOS diskette
and use a Windows XP Home upgrade to install cleanly, using the
95, 98, or Me CD as proof of ownership of a previous qualifying
version.
 
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Dick Brown said:
I would ask your daughter why she needs to upgrade to Windows XP.
Windows 2000 is very stable and much more mature than XP is. You
would be better staying with Win 2000 than going to XP Home.
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I think the question of whether she really needs to upgrade is an
excellent one. Far too many people upgrade only because there is
something new, not because they need to.

I also agree that Windows 2000 is very stable. But I very much
disagree that it's "much more mature," or that she "would be
better staying with Win 2000 than going to XP Home." She may not
need XP, but it's highly unlikely that it will hurt in any way,
other than the inevitable learning curve in going to anything
new.
 
Yes she does have a Windows ME disk, thanks for replying Ken so that answers
that question but now you've led me to another question. You say, "format
the hard drive from a DOS diskette" I was under the impression that the
Windows XP disk was also a bootable disk and you could format from it, or is
that just on the full version?
dot

In
Alex Nichol said:
Note though that this will need to be a 'Full' version of XP Home,
which is much the same price as the Pro Upgrade - which would be
easier. And she *might* find herself missing a facility that she had
been using unawares that is in 2000 but only in XP Pro.
Click to expand...


Yes, unless she also has an older CD of Windows 95, 98 or Me
lying around. She could then use the XP Home upgrade
legitimately; she could format the hard drive from a DOS diskette
and use a Windows XP Home upgrade to install cleanly, using the
95, 98, or Me CD as proof of ownership of a previous qualifying
version.
 
In
dot said:
Yes she does have a Windows ME disk, thanks for replying Ken so that
answers that question but now you've led me to another question. You
say, "format the hard drive from a DOS diskette" I was under the
impression that the Windows XP disk was also a bootable disk and you
could format from it, or is that just on the full version?
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You're welcome.

Yes, the Windows CD is bootable--Upgrade as well as Full. The
reason I said format from a diskette was that I was worried that
if you booted from an XP Home upgrade CD and it found the 2000
installation there, it would tell you this wasn't a supported
upgrade before giving you the option of formatting.

But I've never actually tried this myself and I might be wrong;
I'm not sure about the sequence of events. She could try it as
you suggest, and be prepared to boot from a diskette only if what
I feared turned out to be true.
 
I would ask; why upgrade to Home instead of Pro?? Windows XP Pro has more configuration control and is much better than Home.


Y.
My daughter was told that because she has Windows 2000 "Professional" she
can only upgrade to Windows XP Professional and not the "Home" version. She
doesn't really need the professional version. Is there a work around for
this or is she stuck?
TIA
dot
 
Good idea! Thanks again Ken.
dot

In
dot said:
Yes she does have a Windows ME disk, thanks for replying Ken so that
answers that question but now you've led me to another question. You
say, "format the hard drive from a DOS diskette" I was under the
impression that the Windows XP disk was also a bootable disk and you
could format from it, or is that just on the full version?
Click to expand...


You're welcome.

Yes, the Windows CD is bootable--Upgrade as well as Full. The
reason I said format from a diskette was that I was worried that
if you booted from an XP Home upgrade CD and it found the 2000
installation there, it would tell you this wasn't a supported
upgrade before giving you the option of formatting.

But I've never actually tried this myself and I might be wrong;
I'm not sure about the sequence of events. She could try it as
you suggest, and be prepared to boot from a diskette only if what
I feared turned out to be true.
 
Besides the obvious of the added cost, according to the Microsoft web site,
the added features of Pro vs. Home are not any that she needs. ( Remote
Access, Large Network, file encryption, Power User, etc.)
dot
I would ask; why upgrade to Home instead of Pro?? Windows XP Pro has more
configuration control and is much better than Home.


Y.
My daughter was told that because she has Windows 2000 "Professional" she
can only upgrade to Windows XP Professional and not the "Home" version. She
doesn't really need the professional version. Is there a work around for
this or is she stuck?
TIA
dot
 
In
Yves Leclerc said:
I would ask; why upgrade to Home instead of Pro?? Windows XP Pro
has more configuration control and is much better than Home.
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It is *not* "much better than Home." XP Professional and XP Home
are exactly the same in all respects, except that Professional
has a few features (mostly related to networking and security)
missing from Home. For most (but not all) home users, these
features aren't needed, would never be used, and buying
Professional instead of Home is a waste of money.

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 that Professional allows ten concurrent network
connections, and Home only five.
 
dot said:
She still has her old Windows ME disk. If I can get her to Re-format can't
she use that for a qualifying product if she gets the Home version "upgrade"
which I think she already has on order?
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Yes - she could, presuming it is a retail not OEM one - if it worked for
Win2000 it will be OK
 
Don't reformat your disk. That will erase Windows ME as well as all
other data on the disk. That would also make the upgrade not work
because the upgrade requires that a version of Windows is already INSTALLED.
 
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