Re: xp pro to xp home

From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 19:56:27 -0600

Greetings --

  The only way to change from WinXP Pro to WinXP Home is to
format the drive and start over. There is no supported downgrade path
or technique.

    Simply boot from the WinXP Home installation CD. You'll be
offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as
part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the
order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

Bruce Chambers 

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> how do i switch from the xp pro i have now to xp home
> edition, do i just put the cd in and run the install?
>

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