Upgrade Win XP Home to XP Pro

[Jo]

Does anyone know if you can get an upgrade from Win XP
Home to Win XP Pro. Will the upgrades specified for Win
2000 work or do I need to purchase a full version of Win
XP Pro?

[Tom Porterfield]

Jo wrote:

> Does anyone know if you can get an upgrade from Win XP
> Home to Win XP Pro. Will the upgrades specified for Win
> 2000 work or do I need to purchase a full version of Win
> XP Pro?

The upgrade version of XP Pro works fine to upgrade over XP Home.

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Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows XP & Smart Display
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[DL]

"Will the upgrades specified for Win 2000 work"
Not sure I understand the above part, what exactly are you trying to
achieve?
David

"Tom Porterfield" > wrote in message
...
> Jo wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know if you can get an upgrade from Win XP
> > Home to Win XP Pro. Will the upgrades specified for Win
> > 2000 work or do I need to purchase a full version of Win
> > XP Pro?
>
> The upgrade version of XP Pro works fine to upgrade over XP Home.
>
> --
> Tom Porterfield
> MS-MVP Windows XP & Smart Display
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support
>
> Please post all follows to the newsgroup only

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Jo > typed:

> Does anyone know if you can get an upgrade from Win XP
> Home to Win XP Pro.


Yes. There is no special upgrade version just for this, but the
regular XP Professional Upgrade works fine (although it doesn't
say so on the box).



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.


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[Harry Ohrn]

Yes you can use the version of XP that upgrades Windows 2000 to upgrade
Windows XP Home version.

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Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Jo" > wrote in message
...
> Does anyone know if you can get an upgrade from Win XP
> Home to Win XP Pro. Will the upgrades specified for Win
> 2000 work or do I need to purchase a full version of Win
> XP Pro?

[Harry Ohrn]

The OP wants to upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro. The packaging for XP Pro
Upgrade version does not specify that it can be used it to upgrade XP Home
so they want to know if they can use the same version to upgrade XP Home as
that used to upgrade Windows 2000. The answer is yes to the Upgrade version
and no to needing to purchase a Full version.

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Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"DL" > wrote in message
...
> "Will the upgrades specified for Win 2000 work"
> Not sure I understand the above part, what exactly are you trying to
> achieve?
> David
>
> "Tom Porterfield" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Jo wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know if you can get an upgrade from Win XP
> > > Home to Win XP Pro. Will the upgrades specified for Win
> > > 2000 work or do I need to purchase a full version of Win
> > > XP Pro?
> >
> > The upgrade version of XP Pro works fine to upgrade over XP Home.
> >
> > --
> > Tom Porterfield
> > MS-MVP Windows XP & Smart Display
> > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support
> >
> > Please post all follows to the newsgroup only
>
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The retail WinXP Pro Upgrade works on WinXP Home. (Apparently, the
Microsoft executive who approved the packaging design for the WinXP
Pro Upgrade box didn't consider the possibility that some peoples'
requirements could change after purchasing WinXP Home, or that some
people might not do the necessary research to make sure that they
bought the correct version of WinXP the first time.)

Upgrading to WinXP from Previous Versions of Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading/matrix.asp

Of course, there are no iron-clad, 100% guarantees when it comes
to updating any kind of computer software, much less an operating
system. WinXP is designed to install and upgrade the existing
operating system while simultaneously preserving your data and
translating as many personalized settings as possible. The process is
designed to be, and normally is, quite painless. That said, things can
go wrong, in a small number of cases. If your data is at all
important to you, back it up before proceeding.


Bruce Chambers

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"Jo" > wrote in message
...
> Does anyone know if you can get an upgrade from Win XP
> Home to Win XP Pro. Will the upgrades specified for Win
> 2000 work or do I need to purchase a full version of Win
> XP Pro?

[Alex Nichol]

Jo wrote:

>Does anyone know if you can get an upgrade from Win XP=20
>Home to Win XP Pro. Will the upgrades specified for Win=20
>2000 work=20

Yes - The regular XP Pro upgrade is described as for Win98, ME, NT 4 or
Win2000, with no mention of XP Home, but it does the job (run the CD
from the existing system).

=46irst make sure you have a real need for an item supported only in Pro =
-
see
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp


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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.