Is there a cheap Upgrade from WINDOWS XP Home to PRO?

[Karl]

I have the official version of WindowsXP Home dition and would like to get
PRO, but cannot see any updates other than from Win98 and then at a hefty
price.

No other way?

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

"Karl" > wrote in message
...
> I have the official version of WindowsXP Home dition and would like to get
> PRO, but cannot see any updates other than from Win98 and then at a hefty
> price.
>

The Retail Upgrade you see that can upgrade Windows 98/2000 etc is the one
to upgrade from Windows XP Home Edition.

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"Karl" > wrote in message
...
> I have the official version of WindowsXP Home dition and would like to get
> PRO, but cannot see any updates other than from Win98 and then at a hefty
> price.
>
> No other way?
>
>

[Walter Clayton]

No other way.

However that begs the question of why you think you need Pro. Unless you
have a requirement to join a domain there's nothing you can do on Pro that
can't be done on HE.

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"Karl" > wrote in message
...
> I have the official version of WindowsXP Home dition and would like to get
> PRO, but cannot see any updates other than from Win98 and then at a hefty
> price.
>
> No other way?
>
>

[Timothy]

"Karl" > wrote in message
...
> I have the official version of WindowsXP Home dition and would like to get
> PRO, but cannot see any updates other than from Win98 and then at a hefty
> price.
>
> No other way?
>
>
you could try a discount vendor they are there on the web just have to dig

tim

[Rob Schneider]

Karl wrote:

> I have the official version of WindowsXP Home dition and would like to get
> PRO, but cannot see any updates other than from Win98 and then at a hefty
> price.
>
> No other way?
>
>
look again at www.microsoft.com/windows. there is an upgrade from XP Home.

[Ken Blake]

In , Karl wrote:

> I have the official version of WindowsXP Home dition and would
like
> to get PRO, but cannot see any updates other than from Win98
and then
> at a hefty price.
>
> No other way?


There is no special upgrade version just for this, but the
regular XP Professional Upgrade works fine (although it doesn't
say so on the box).

But are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Home
and Professional are identical except that Professional includes
a few features (mostly related to security and networking)
missing from Home? Most home users don't need and would never use
these extra features and will see no benefits by upgrading.


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[Karl]

I see none from XP to PRO.

All PRO editions are full price for an upgrade, the way I see it, as if I
never had the XP version and went from a win98 version. That's not fair at
all.


"Rob Schneider" > wrote in message
...
> Karl wrote:
>
> > I have the official version of WindowsXP Home dition and would like to
get
> > PRO, but cannot see any updates other than from Win98 and then at a
hefty
> > price.
> >
> > No other way?
> >
> >
> look again at www.microsoft.com/windows. there is an upgrade from XP
Home.
>

[Rob Schneider]

Fairness doesn't come into it. It's the market.

Karl wrote:

> I see none from XP to PRO.
>
> All PRO editions are full price for an upgrade, the way I see it, as if I
> never had the XP version and went from a win98 version. That's not fair at
> all.
>
>
> "Rob Schneider" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Karl wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have the official version of WindowsXP Home dition and would like to
>
> get
>
>>>PRO, but cannot see any updates other than from Win98 and then at a
>
> hefty
>
>>>price.
>>>
>>>No other way?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>look again at www.microsoft.com/windows. there is an upgrade from XP
>
> Home.
>
>
>

[PaulC]

I use it to allow certain users to run certain programs. (For example, some
users are allowed to access games, while others are not)
"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
...
> In , Karl wrote:
>
> > I have the official version of WindowsXP Home dition and would
> like
> > to get PRO, but cannot see any updates other than from Win98
> and then
> > at a hefty price.
> >
> > No other way?
>
>
> There is no special upgrade version just for this, but the
> regular XP Professional Upgrade works fine (although it doesn't
> say so on the box).
>
> But are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Home
> and Professional are identical except that Professional includes
> a few features (mostly related to security and networking)
> missing from Home? Most home users don't need and would never use
> these extra features and will see no benefits by upgrading.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

[Timothy]

"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
...
> In , Karl wrote:
>
> > I have the official version of WindowsXP Home dition and would
> like
> > to get PRO, but cannot see any updates other than from Win98
> and then
> > at a hefty price.
> >
> > No other way?
>
>
> There is no special upgrade version just for this, but the
> regular XP Professional Upgrade works fine (although it doesn't
> say so on the box).
>
> But are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Home
> and Professional are identical except that Professional includes
> a few features (mostly related to security and networking)
> missing from Home? Most home users don't need and would never use
> these extra features and will see no benefits by upgrading.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
if you want a discount maybe bill can send you one but i dont think so...lol


otherwise i know that some sellers on ebay do auction them off for a
considerable less than the stores do.
good luck

tim