Possible to upgrade to 2003 from XP Pro?

[Tex]

I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server" running
Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade directly
from XP to W2k3?

- tex

[Admiral Q]

"Tex" > wrote in message
...
>I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server"
>running Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade
>directly from XP to W2k3?
>
> - tex
>
>

No - Win2k3 is an upgrade for Win2k Server, not WinXP Pro.

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[Andrew E.]

Windows server 2003 is a direct add-on to xp,actually most of the 03 tools
work in xp w/o the installation.

"Tex" wrote:

> I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server" running
> Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade directly
> from XP to W2k3?
>
> - tex
>
>
>

[Tex]

"Andrew E." > wrote in message
...
> Windows server 2003 is a direct add-on to xp,actually most of the 03 tools
> work in xp w/o the installation.

OK....so will a direct upgrade work or no?

- tex

[Larry Samuels]

When are you ever going to get a clue--Server IS NOT an add-on!!!

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Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone- www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Andrew E." > wrote in message
...
> Windows server 2003 is a direct add-on to xp,actually most of the 03 tools
> work in xp w/o the installation.
>
> "Tex" wrote:
>
>> I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server"
>> running
>> Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade
>> directly
>> from XP to W2k3?
>>
>> - tex
>>
>>
>>

[Larry Samuels]

No--you cannot upgrade from a Workstation OS to a Server OS

--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone- www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Tex" > wrote in message
...
>I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server"
>running Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade
>directly from XP to W2k3?
>
> - tex
>
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Andrew E. wrote:
> Windows server 2003 is a direct add-on to xp,actually most of the 03 tools
> work in xp w/o the installation.
>


How did you manage to come up with this complete and utter nonsense?


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[Bruce Chambers]

Tex wrote:
> I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server" running
> Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade directly
> from XP to W2k3?
>
> - tex
>
>


Microsoft has *never* provided a supported upgrade path from its
workstation operating systems to its server operation systems. WinXP
and Win2K3 Server are no different.


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[Ken Blake, MVP]

Bruce Chambers wrote:

> Andrew E. wrote:
>> Windows server 2003 is a direct add-on to xp,actually most of the
>> 03 tools work in xp w/o the installation.
>>
>
>
> How did you manage to come up with this complete and utter nonsense?



This is Andrew E. you're talking to. *Everything* he posts is complete and
utter nonsense.

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Tex wrote:
> I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server" running
> Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade directly
> from XP to W2k3?
>
> - tex

Supported upgrade paths to server 2003. No version of XP is on it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810613/en-us


If you want to expiriment anyway, just make clone of the original XP
install, and play with the copy.

I looked at a few third party migration tools, but so far none of them
say they support 2k3.

Detto comes closest.
http://www.detto.com/

[Hank Arnold]

Huh?????????????????? Where did you get this?

Regards,
Hank Arnold

Andrew E. wrote:
> Windows server 2003 is a direct add-on to xp,actually most of the 03 tools
> work in xp w/o the installation.
>
> "Tex" wrote:
>
>> I have a small business client who has quickly outgrown his "server" running
>> Win XP Pro (hitting the 10 user limit). Is it possible to upgrade directly
>> from XP to W2k3?
>>
>> - tex
>>
>>
>>