Re: Safe to upgrade from XP Media Center to Pro?

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Steve Diamond wrote:
I'm running XP Media Center edition with SP2 and all latest updates.
Other than the updates, will I lose anything if I upgrade to XP Pro?
Is there anything I should be sure to back up, like IE favorites?
Any other considerations?

I do not believe what you are presenting is a valid upgrade path.
That would be more of a clean installation.

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