XP Home to XP Professional

[melissa]

Does anyone know if you can upgrade XP Home to XP
Professional? The upgrade software does not list XP Home
as an earlier operating system that the upgrade will work
on.

 

[LVTravel]

Home to Professional is a valid upgrade path. Do you really need to
upgrade? Home will do almost anything that Professional will do except log
onto a Domain network. See
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing.asp for help in
determining if you need Professional

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Melissa;
The upgrade is usually painless.
Data should be safe, back-up important data just in case.

This link shows the upgrade path:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading/matrix.asp