XP Pro Upgrade or Full Version

[Scott]

Will be upgrading office PCs. Can I use the Full Version
of XP Pro or do I have to use the Upgrade Version? Will be
upgrading not doing a clean install.

 

[David Jones]

Either version will work for upgrading.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Will be upgrading office PCs. Can I use the Full Version
of XP Pro or do I have to use the Upgrade Version? Will be
upgrading not doing a clean install.

Either will work for the either type of install, provided that you have the
old Windows install media to confirm the license.

HTH
-pk

 

[Scott]

Thanks for the replies.
Does anyone know of an "official" link that states this?
Do not want to take the chance, but the full version I
have found for less money.

 

[Ken Blake]

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Will be upgrading office PCs. Can I use the Full Version
of XP Pro or do I have to use the Upgrade Version? Will be
upgrading not doing a clean install.

Both the Upgrade and Full versions can be used to perform
upgrades. However, note that an OEM version, which many people
confuse with the full version, can *not* do an upgrade.

 

[Ken Blake]

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Thanks for the replies.
Does anyone know of an "official" link that states this?
Do not want to take the chance, but the full version I
have found for less money.

If you've found a "Full" version for less than an Upgrade
version, it almost certainly is *not* a Full version, but an OEM
version. That's the version I mentioned in my reply moments
ago--the one that will *not* do an upgrade.

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[Michael Stevens]

Will be upgrading office PCs. Can I use the Full Version
of XP Pro or do I have to use the Upgrade Version? Will be
upgrading not doing a clean install.

Either the full or upgrade retail version will work, but the OEM version
will only do clean installs.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#can3
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