Upgrade Win XP Home to Windows XP Pro

Nate wrote:

I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP1 installed on my
computer right now. I have a Windows XP Pro Full Edition
CD that I want to use to upgrade my XP Home. Has anyone
tried to upgrade like this before and if so, did you have
any problems?

Provided it is a retail Pro CD and not an OEM one 'for supply only with
a new machine' (those will only do a clean install)

Run the Pro CD *from* the Home system - take Install, continue with
Upgrade. Unless the Pro CD has Service PAck 1 included, you will be
back to square one on updates and must start with that; and then in any
case continue with the recent roll-up update Q 826983 and the IE roll up
Q 824145. Make sure you have the firewall still enabled before
connecting to the internet *at all* or you will be hit by BLAST or one
of its friends in a couple of minutes


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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)