Re: upgrade from xp home to xp pro

Rick - thanks for your advice - can I simply remove sp2 - I installed it
myself from the disk that I received from microsoft in the mail. It is in
the add/remove programs in the control panel - or will this cause problems?

Doug
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OBycaO%23NFHA.3076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Doug,
>
> There is no easy way to distinguish a retail key from an OEM one. You
> would have to rely on the colleage being honest. If it is OEM, and has
> been used, you may not be able to activate the installation.
>
> Also, as you have WinXP Home w/SP2 preinstalled, you will need to
> slipstream the Pro disk with SP2 as well. You can't install the older
> version over the newer one. Instructions here:
> http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Doug" <dougie_cam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:424f3500$0$5395$afc38c87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like some advice about upgrading from xp home (sp2 installed) to
>> xp pro (no sp but sp2 available on a separate disk).
>>
>> The xp home edition is pre-installed is on a HP notebook and the xp pro
>> is on a disk that I am thinking of buying from a colleage who has already
>> changed their operating system to win 2003(?).
>>
>> I don't know much about licensing of xp, but is there anyway that I can
>> work out if the license key that the person is giving me is for an OEM or
>> some other restricted system, or if it has already been sold to someone
>> else and therefore could be illegal in some way. I don't want to buy it
>> if it will give me problems - either with my PC or with microsoft.
>>
>> This person is not giving me the original xp pro package - says he
>> doesn't have it anymore - just the original disk in a cd case with the
>> license written on a sticker. They assure me that it will work, but I
>> don't want to risk the work involved in having to restore my previous xp
>> home in case the license is 'OEM' or some other restricted version. Is
>> there any way to know if this is a valid key? The key has 25 characters
>> and doesn't say anything about OEM.
>>
>> I would also appreciate having some advice on if it is necessary to
>> upgrade to xp pro to install a web server for asp.net development with
>> visual studio.net 2003 enterprise architech edition. If not, is there a
>> reasonable alternative?
>>
>> thanks for you help.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>
>


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