Re: XP Home to XP pro ?
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:47:59 -0700
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:37:34 -0000, "RJK" <notatospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Can I "upgrade," my XP Home installation to XP Pro 2002, (that I've just
bought),
Yes, if you bought a Full or Upgrade version. No, if you've bought an
OEM reason. OEM versions do not do upgrades of any kind.
with a "repair install,"
No, you don't do a repair installation. You do an upgrade
installation.
May I ask why you want to do this? Before you get concerned with the
details of how to do this, perhaps you should revisit the question of
*whether* to do it. Why do you want to? What do you hope to gain?
Are you aware that XP Professional and XP Home are exactly the same in
all respects, except that Professional has a few features (mostly
related to networking and security) missing from Home. For most (but
not all) home users, even those with a home network, these features
aren't needed, would never be used, and buying Professional instead of
Home is a waste of money.
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 one other point not mentioned on any of those sites:
Professional allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only
five.
or have I got to start from scratch and
sit here for a week ! ?
regards, Richard
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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