Upgrade Home to Pro

[William B. Lurie]

My eMachines came with OEM XP Home Edition.
There are definite reasons why it would be advantageous
for me to upgrade to Pro.
I'm sure there's a way to do so....legally and simply.
All advice welcome.

William B. Lurie

[larry samuels MS-MVP \(XP Shell/User\)]

Simply go out and purchase an XP Pro upgrade disk and install it.

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Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
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> My eMachines came with OEM XP Home Edition.
> There are definite reasons why it would be advantageous
> for me to upgrade to Pro.
> I'm sure there's a way to do so....legally and simply.
> All advice welcome.
>
> William B. Lurie
>
>

[Jim Macklin]

Be aware you'll probably void the eMachine warranty.



"larry samuels MS-MVP (XP Shell/User)" >
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| Simply go out and purchase an XP Pro upgrade disk and
install it.
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| Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
| Associate Expert
| Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
| http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
| Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| _____________________________________________
| "William B. Lurie" > wrote in
message
| ...
| > My eMachines came with OEM XP Home Edition.
| > There are definite reasons why it would be advantageous
| > for me to upgrade to Pro.
| > I'm sure there's a way to do so....legally and simply.
| > All advice welcome.
| >
| > William B. Lurie
| >
| >
|
|

[larry samuels MS-MVP \(XP Shell/User\)]

"Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
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> Be aware you'll probably void the eMachine warranty.
>


Good point!

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Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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[William B. Lurie]

Now that's interesting! The hardware warranty wouldn't be affected,
I would guess. And in becoming the OEM, and taking over the
OEM software responsibility, they are obliged to maintain the
software. But if the software gets upgraded, in a perfectly
legitimate manner as suggested, then maybe the eMachines warranty
could be voided. And then the newly installed software is warranted
by........nobody?? Didn't somebody forget the customer in this case?
W B L

"larry samuels MS-MVP (XP Shell/User)" wrote:

> "Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Be aware you'll probably void the eMachine warranty.
> >
>
> Good point!
>
> --
> Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
> Associate Expert
> Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
> http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> _____________________________________________

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William B. Lurie

[Ken Blake]

In , William B. Lurie wrote:

> My eMachines came with OEM XP Home Edition.
> There are definite reasons why it would be advantageous
> for me to upgrade to Pro.
> I'm sure there's a way to do so....legally and simply.


Sure. Buy a copy of the Windows XP Professional Upgrade edition
and install it.

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