Re: XP Home upgrade from Win ME Japanese version

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Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:

> One cannot upgrade from one language version to another.
> You'll need to purchase a "Full English Version" of
> Windows XP and perform a "Clean Install".


A*much* cheaper choice would be to buy a used copy of Windows 98, and use
its CD as a qualifying previous version for doing a clean installation with
the Upgrade version he has already bought.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> Otherwise, you'll need to purchase a "Japanese Upgrade Version"
> of Windows XP and upgrade your existing Japanese ME
> installation to Japanese Windows XP.
>
> Clean Install Windows XP
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
>
>> My family has a laptop with the Japanese version of ME loaded. We
>> would like to upgrade it to XP Home. After buying and attempting to
>> use the XP Home upgrade, I find that Setup will refuse to upgrade
>> across language versions.
>>
>> Any advice on how to work around this problem?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David


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