Re: XP home to Pro upgrade/install
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 08/14/04
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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:26:31 +0100
JB wrote:
>I have found complications (blue screen of death and no
>recognition of a hard drive) upgrading or installing from
>XP Home (on a brand new dell 8400) to XP Pro.
>
>University support said that the past cases suggest once
>you have Home on your pc, you are stuck with it. is this
>true?
No
>How is it possible that you cannot upgrade or install XP
>Pro if you have Home on the pc already..??
It might arise if you have proprietary hardware needing special drivers
- but I would not expect this with ell. Or if you are trying to use
something other than a regular Retail copy of Pro (either upgrade or
'Full', but *not* OEM)
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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