Re: Home from Pro
From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 11/08/04
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Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 08:26:23 -0700
In news:030CE161-2662-42F4-9764-25FAEB18BCB2@microsoft.com,
Chuck Davis <ChuckDavis@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> With out a valid version installed, an upgrade license is void.
Sorry, this is *not*correct. Despite what many people think, the
requirement to use an upgrade version is to *own* a previous
qualifying version's installation CD (with an OEM restore CD, see
below), not to have it installed. When setup doesn't find a
previous qualifying version installed, it will
prompt you to insert its CD as proof of ownership. Just insert
the previous version's CD, and follow the prompts. Everything
proceeds quite normally and quite legitimately.
You can also do a clean install if you have an OEM restore CD of
a previous qualifying version. It's more complicated, but it
*can* be done. First restore from the Restore CD. Then run the XP
upgrade CD from within that restored system, and change from
Upgrade to New Install. When it asks where, press Esc to delete
the partition and start over.
-- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup > Buy a > full version of XP Pro and be EXACTLY legitimate!!!
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