Windows 2000 upgrade to Windows XP

[cagpep]

I purchased a laptop which had Windows 2000 Pro installed. I feel this is
using up unnecessary resources and want to move to Windows XP, ideally the
XP Home Version as I feel XP Pro would again be a drain on resources. All
documentation says that XP Home will only upgrade from Windows 98 etc.
Does anybody know if it is practical and possible to use the XP Home Upgrade
software to move from Win 2k

Thanks

Martin

[Michael Stevens]

cagpep wrote:
> Thanks
>
> Bad news is I have already downloaded Sevice Pack 4 - seems to have
> cure the odd blue screen I was getting!
>

Don't worry about SP4, and don't bother changing to XP. If the laptop
originally shipped with Win 2k, leave it alone. You cannot be too secure and
the "robust" features of Win 2k are only enabled if you need them. XP
actually requires more resources and in most cases is slower than Win 2k on
identical hardware and configurations.
Get the latest security updates and you will not be that far off from XP.
If you are hell bent on upgrading to XP, get the Pro upgrade and do the
upgrade by inserting the XP upgrade CD while in Win 2k and select the
upgrade option. You should always prep for a clean install before doing any
major system upgrades.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP

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