Uninstalling windows XP prof when underlying OP was XP home ED

[k9drl]

I read all the articles about unistalling XP and they say
you can't if the previous was XP Home edition. Any way
around this.

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

k9drl wrote:
> I read all the articles about unistalling XP and they say
> you can't if the previous was XP Home edition. Any way
> around this.

Nope! You have to re-format the HDD.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

No, WinXP (either version) is an NT system. When you upgrade an NT system,
there is no going back. Uninstall is only allowed when upgrading from a
Win9x system (and even then only if certain conditions are present). There
is nothing you can do to revert the upgrade.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"k9drl" > wrote in message
...
> I read all the articles about unistalling XP and they say
> you can't if the previous was XP Home edition. Any way
> around this.