xp Home to xp Professional

[Guest]

I have Windows xp Home in My computer at this moment and would like to
install xp Professional so that i can run programs that wont run on the
other. My problem is that xp Home is upgraded with sp2 and the professional
isnt and it wont let me do the uprade without uninstalling how can i do this
without loosing all of my settings in my computer. HELP! THIS IS DRIVING ME
CRAZY

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

You will need to make a slipstreamed SP2 CD.

You can download the SP2 file (266 MBs) from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en -
or if you have a copy of the SP2 CD, you can copy the xpsp2.exe file from
that CD onto your hard disk/partition and use that:

then follow the directions in the following article to create a slipstreamed
XP CD:

http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

 

[Richard Goh]

What program do you have that runs on XP Pro, but not on XP home?

 

[Guest]

I HAVE SOME GENRAL MOTORS DEALER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE ALL OF THE REPAIR MANUALS
FROM 1992 THROUGH 2005, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER REPAIR MANUALS. I DONT
UNDERSTAND WHY IT DOESNT LIKE HOME BUT IT DOESNT. MY BIG PROBLEM WITH DOING
THE XP UPRADE IS THAT IT KEEPS TELLING ME THAT HOME IS NEWER VERSION THAN
PROFESIONAL AND THAT I MUST UNINSTALL HOME. TRYING TO DO THAT WITHOUT
LOOSING ALL OF MY SETTINGS IS THE PART I STILL AM HAVING TROUBLE
UNDERSTANDING.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have Windows xp Home in My computer at this moment and would like to
install xp Professional so that i can run programs that wont run on the
other. My problem is that xp Home is upgraded with sp2 and the professional
isnt and it wont let me do the uprade without uninstalling how can i do this
without loosing all of my settings in my computer. HELP! THIS IS DRIVING ME
CRAZY

You'll either need to uninstall SP2 before attempting the upgrade,
or try slipstreaming SP2 into the upgrade.

And what programs won't run on WinXP Home that will run on WinXP Pro?

The WinXP Home and WinXP Pro versions are _identical_ when it
comes to performance, stability, and device driver and software
application compatibility, but are intended to meet different
functionality, networking, security, and ease-of-use needs, in
different environments. The most significant differences are that
WinXP Pro allows up to 10 simultaneous inbound network connections
while WinXP Home only allows only 5, WinXP Pro is designed to join a
Microsoft domain while WinXP Home cannot, and only WinXP Pro supports
file encryption and IIS. (Oh, and WinXP Pro usually costs roughly $100
USD more than WinXP Home.)

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

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

Windows XP Home Edition vs. Professional Edition
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

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Bruce Chambers

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