Re: Change XP Home to XP Pro on New Toshiba Model A65

From: NoNoBadDog! (mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:10:54 -1000

You should see if your school offer academic licenses and purchase an
upgrade CD to WinXP PRO. I would also contact Toshiba support and see if
there are any issues they are aware of in migrating your OS to PRO. You
should also be aware that in many cases, altering the OS will void your
manufacturer warranty. You need XP Pro because you will need the ability to
join a domain (become part of the school's network), and XP Home only allows
you to join a workgroup, not a domain.

There should be no reason why your computer cannot be upgraded. As others
pointed out, you gave so little information as to why it "could not be
upgraded" that I doubt you'll get any constructive assistance.

Worst case scenario is that you will have to purchase a WinXP Pro disc at
retail. I would recommend, to prevent future headaches, that if you do
purchase a Pro disc, get the full version and not the upgrade. If you get
the upgrade and have to format and install in the future, your "restore
partition" or Restore CD will not qualify as a previous OS for the Pro
Upgrade to work.

Bobby

"caroline" <caroline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE50C25E-147A-4693-A9DD-C103FE8C15B4@microsoft.com...
> We tried to make the exchange but were to late. 14 day return/exchange
> policy.
> I would expect the school is using a OEM CD.
>
> There was no mention of XP Pro in the specs when I first looked into the
> laptop class program. We purchased the new Toshiba with XP Home and found
> out after the 14 days that we had this issue.
>
> I am in a bind.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Caroline
>
> "Jim Macklin" wrote:
>
>> How did they try to install XP Pro, it should install as an
>> upgrade just fine, but you'll need to have a retail XP Pro
>> CD. If they tried to use an OEM CD, they won't do an
>> upgrade.
>>
>> You might consider returning the computer for exchange for a
>> model with XP Pro installed.
>>
>>
>> --
>> The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
>> But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
>>
>>
>> "caroline" <caroline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:497C6A57-A3A6-441A-9A1B-E4D6AC78196E@microsoft.com...
>> | My school laptop classes require XP Pro. My new Toshiba
>> came loaded with XP
>> | Home. The computer group tried to load XP Pro and it
>> would not allow it.
>> |
>> | What can we do ?
>> |
>> | Thanks,
>> | --
>> | caroline
>>
>>
>>

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