difference between windows xp professoinal upgrade and full version

[nate buckley]

can i use the xp full version on a system that already has
windows 98 se? how will it be different from the upgrade ?
what are all the differences between the full and update?
please reply soon. thank you

[rifleman]

In ,
nate buckley > typed:
> can i use the xp full version on a system that already has
> windows 98 se? how will it be different from the upgrade ?
> what are all the differences between the full and update?
> please reply soon. thank you

There are NO differences at all other than the price, and that the upgrade
CD requires you to have proof of a previous Windows version that qualifies
you for an upgrade.

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[Ken Blake]

In , nate buckley wrote:

> can i use the xp full version on a system that already has
> windows 98 se?


Yes. However you can *not* use an OEM version (which many people
confuse with the Full version) to do an upgrade.


> how will it be different from the upgrade ?


There won't be any difference at all.


> what are all the differences between the full and update?


There is only a single difference. If you use the Upgrade version
to do a clean installation, you have to insert the CD of a
previous qualifying version, as proof of ownership, when prompted
to do so. The Full version doesn't require this.

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