Windows XP Upgrade

[OliverS]

I want to upgrade a Win 98SE machine to Windows XP. What is the
difference between the Upgrade and the Full edition, other than price?
Is it possible to do a clean install with the Upgrade Edition.

I also have a question about Home vs. Pro. What is meant by
multi-lingual support, and what does Home lack in this regard?
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[Tom Foolery]

I want to upgrade a Win 98SE machine to Windows XP. What is the
difference between the Upgrade and the Full edition, other than price?
Is it possible to do a clean install with the Upgrade Edition.

No difference. To install the Upgrade version, you must have a previous
qualifying version of windows; i.e., your Win97SE has to be a retail version
and you need the installation disk which is inserted during the XP
installation in order to verify (nothing is installed). So if you have your
installation CD for Win 98, and it is a retail version (rather than OEM) you
are good to go. And you can perform a clean install as all nescessary tools
are on the installation disk. Just follow the prompts.

I also have a question about Home vs. Pro. What is meant by
multi-lingual support, and what does Home lack in this regard?

This site will answer your questions:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/default.asp

 

[OliverS]

This site will answer your questions:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/default.asp

I looked at the site, but I don't think it answers my question. It
appears to the multi-lingual feature does refer to the interface:
English, German, French etc. In other words tha language displayed on
the screen, in the menu bars and that.

What is does not tell me, is whether XP Home permits international
keyboard configurations and support international fonts. I suspect that
that is still possible with XP Home, but I don't know.

It is probably a moot question. Since I have XP Pro on two machines, I
will probably get XP Pro Upgrade for the third machine to simplify the
learning curve.


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"When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of
the human race." HG Wells