Re: upgrading windows XP demo to full

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On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:00:02 -0700, LarryF
<LarryF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I had to replace my motherboard and I could not find my original XP Pro
install disk. So I installed the 120 day demo version of XP pro, just to get
going. I found the original disk and I want to upgrade to the full product.

Unfortunately, the demo version has been updated and now will not upgrade to
the "older version" of XP pro.

Is there an easy way to upgrade to the full version?
If I slipstream SP2 into my full version of XP will that allow me to upgrade?

I would like to avoid having to re-install from scratch and having to
re-install all my software.

You should have thought about the consequences of
updating a demo version of XP Pro.

But it is possible that you will only have to do a repair install with
your original XP Pro install disk IF it is a Full Retail version (that
is, it has a RETAIL key, not an OEM key). I'm not so sure about doing
it with an OEM key. Anyway, I don't believe it is possible to do a
repair install with an OEM disk.

By the way, the Demo version IS the "full product". It just has a
different type of key and a time-bomb. The time-bomb should be
removed if you do a repair installation with a Retail disk.

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Donald L McDaniel
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