XP will not upgrade Me

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Jim S

I was on another news group for ME but was unaware that XP
Home will not upgrade Me. Just a clean install. I tried to
install XP Home but it said XP does not support upgrade
ME. My original question was How can I delete ME/ The
add/remove program turns black when i try to delete ME
from there.
 
How do you uninstall Me if you can't uninstall from
add/remove program. If I clean sweep won't it clean
outlook express? I would like to keep my e-mail. When I
reformat outlook express starts over blank
-----Original Message-----
A "Retail Version" of Windows XP Home Edition will indeed
upgrade over an existing Windows ME installation. However,
an "OEM Version" of Windows XP cannot upgrade, it must be
installed on a freshly reformatted drive or partition.

Clean Install Windows XP (same procedure for Windows 2000)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.a spx
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| I was on another news group for ME but was unaware that XP
| Home will not upgrade Me. Just a clean install. I tried to
| install XP Home but it said XP does not support upgrade
| ME. My original question was How can I delete ME/ The
| add/remove program turns black when i try to delete ME
| from there.
.
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Jim;
If you have OEM, upgrade is not an option and a Clean Install is the
only option.
This may help with your data:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


Jim S said:
How do you uninstall Me if you can't uninstall from
add/remove program. If I clean sweep won't it clean
outlook express? I would like to keep my e-mail. When I
reformat outlook express starts over blank
-----Original Message-----
A "Retail Version" of Windows XP Home Edition will indeed
upgrade over an existing Windows ME installation. However,
an "OEM Version" of Windows XP cannot upgrade, it must be
installed on a freshly reformatted drive or partition.

Clean Install Windows XP (same procedure for Windows 2000)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.a spx
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| I was on another news group for ME but was unaware that XP
| Home will not upgrade Me. Just a clean install. I tried to
| install XP Home but it said XP does not support upgrade
| ME. My original question was How can I delete ME/ The
| add/remove program turns black when i try to delete ME
| from there.
.
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