XP PRO SP 2 TO XP HOME EDITION

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hi guys!! im using xp pro sp2, i want downgrade to xp home edition ,i
would really appreciate ur response. thanks !! pls help me anyone how
to down grade this task.
thanks
 
Sorry, but one cannot "downgrade" Windows XP Professional
to Windows XP Home Edition. Backup your files and perform
a "clean install".

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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| hi guys!! im using xp pro sp2, i want downgrade to xp home edition ,i
| would really appreciate ur response. thanks !! pls help me anyone how
| to down grade this task.
| thanks
 
hi guys!! im using xp pro sp2, i want downgrade to xp home edition ,i
would really appreciate ur response. thanks !! pls help me anyone how
to down grade this task.
thanks
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The only way to change from WinXP Pro to WinXP Home is to format
the drive and start over. There is no supported downgrade path or
technique.

After backing up any data you wish to preserve, simply boot from
the WinXP Home 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


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hi guys!! im using xp pro sp2, i want downgrade to xp home edition ,i
would really appreciate ur response. thanks !! pls help me anyone how
to down grade this task.
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Sorry, there is no way to downgrade. Your only option is to format and
install XP Home cleanly.

Why do you want to do this? Do you realize that XP Home is a subset of XP
Professional? There are extra things in Professional, but nothing in Home
that isn't also in Professional. You may not need all the features of
Professional, but their being there doesn't hurt you.
 
I'm not saying it applies in this case but because of WGA many users of
"corporate" XP Pro installs are looking to change their operating system.
:-)
 
Today, with great enthusiasm and quite emphaticly, laid this
spiel on an innocent readership
hi guys!! im using xp pro sp2, i want downgrade to xp home
edition ,i would really appreciate ur response. thanks !! pls
help me anyone how to down grade this task.
thanks
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I can understand your angst with SP2, but /downgrade/ to Home? Why?
 
Methinks Bill is going to make another trillion.
Joe
: I'm not saying it applies in this case but because of WGA many
users of
: "corporate" XP Pro installs are looking to change their
operating system.
::-)
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: Kerry
: MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
:
: Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
: > (e-mail address removed) wrote:
: >
: >> hi guys!! im using xp pro sp2, i want downgrade to xp home
edition ,i
: >> would really appreciate ur response. thanks !! pls help me
anyone how
: >> to down grade this task.
: >
: >
: > Sorry, there is no way to downgrade. Your only option is to
format and
: > install XP Home cleanly.
: >
: > Why do you want to do this? Do you realize that XP Home is a
subset
: > of XP Professional? There are extra things in Professional,
but
: > nothing in Home that isn't also in Professional. You may not
need all
: > the features of Professional, but their being there doesn't
hurt you.
:
:
 
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