Re: Windows Home to XP

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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:30:00 -0700, sunny marky
<sunnymarky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have windows xp Home installed on my laptop and want to upgrade to XO
Professional. I have an original XP Pro Disk but not sure how to proceed. Do
I need to download any drivers for my computer?and also will I lose my files
and folders and programs installed if I upgrade. Or is it just straight
forward and I just follow the onscreen instructions when I disk is loaded?



Assuming that you have a retail CD (either Full or Upgrade), there's
no problem. However, note that OEM CDs can *not* do upgrades.

This is the easiest and most likely successful of all possible
upgrades, since so little has to be changed.

No, you don't lose anything when you upgrade. By definition, an
"upgrade" (as opposed to a clean installation) means that all data,
programs, etc. are kept intact.

However there are no guarantees that it always works perfectly.
However unlikely, it's always possible that something might go wrong.
For that reason it's prudent to be sure you have a backup of anything
you can't afford to lose before beginning.

But are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Home and
Professional are identical except that Professional includes a few
features (mostly related to security and networking) missing from
Home? Most home users don't need and would never use these extra
features and will see no benefits by upgrading.

For details go to

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp>

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Also note another point, not included in any of the above:
Professional allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only
five.


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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