Re: Upgrading to Retail WinXP Pro on top of an OEM Installation of
- From: "DL" <address@invalid>
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:53:04 -0000
Theres no reason to upgrade to Pro simply to run on a network
I currently have a network of win2kpro, winxppro, winxphome (sony) & Vista
Business also media server box all via a netgear wired/wireless print server
router.
They all run together without a problem, its just that initial setup
requires manual config on the earlier o/s rather than a wizard
"Shyster" <Shyster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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DL,
Thanks for the quick response; I really appreciate the help. I do have
the
original Sony CDs (which give me a circa-2003 factory-fresh install; not a
lot of fun since using them ends up requiring about two nights of serial
updating); however, as my parenthetical indicates, relying on them is a
pain
so I've gone to making hdd images I can restore from instead.
I am contemplating going to WinXP Pro for networking reasons, although I
haven't made up my mind yet; I asked now primarily so that I have an idea
of
the parameters I have to work within.
Basically, I have an old desktop running WinXP Pro that I would like to
use
as the foundation of a small network, as well as a file server and
internal
http server. I will be getting a new laptop for myself in a month or so
which will come with WinXP Pro installed (still a few sellers left who
offer
WinXP ;^) ). That leaves two other computers unaccounted for that
currently run WinXP Home Edition - my wife's laptop and one other system.
The last system I'm not too worried about - it could be put to use or it
could gather dust as far as I'm concerned.
Thus, unless I upgrade my wife's laptop from WinXP H-E to WinXP Pro, her
system will be the odd computer out in what would otherwise be a WinXP Pro
network. I did find the earlier post from 2004 by Carrie Frisch with the
link to the MS knowledgebase article on setting up a network with WinXP
H-E
(which I haven't read through yet, but I will later today), so I will
explore
the possibility of setting up a network with what I've got (I'm not quite
as
dumb as I sometimes seem, and would prefer to avoid unnecessary costs if
avoidance is reasonable). However, in the event that I decide that I want
to
have a uniform network with all systems on the same OS, I would need to
upgrade my wife's WinXP H-E to WinXP Pro. Since her system is the Sony
with
the OEM license for WinXP H-E, and since I know that the rules for
plain-vanilla individual retail licenses don't always apply in exactly the
same way to OEM licenses, I wanted to check to see if the upgrade path was
feasible - that way, if it turned out to be nonfeasible, I would know that
I
needed to come up with alternate arrangements before I sank too much in
the
way of time or money into setting up an all WinXP Pro network.
Cheers,
Shyster
"DL" wrote:
A retail upgrade will work, I assume you have origonal Sony cd's in case
you
should ever need to reinstall your upgrade, if you dont you wont be able
to
reinstal
I assume you need Pro for networking/Domain reasons
"Shyster" <Shyster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a sony laptop that came with a pre-installed copy of WinXP Home
Edition - obviously, an OEM license.
I would now like to upgrade the OS to WinXP Professional and need to
know
if
I can simply purchase a retail upgrade package for WinXP Professional,
or
if
I will be required to purchase a new retail license for WinXP
Professional.
As far as I know, at this late date, the OEM (Sony) doesn't provide any
sort
of upgrade path such as this, I no longer get any active support from
Sony
(it's been 5 years since I bought the system), and I have no desire to
do
any
more business than is absolutely necessary with Sony regarding this
laptop.
So, my question is, briefly, can I install a retail upgrade license for
WinXP Pro on top of my original OEM installation of WinXP Home Edition,
or
must a purchase an entirely new retail license for WinXP Pro?
.
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