How do I upgrade from XP Home edition to XP Professional

Yes, I am asking that others pay attention. And if you read it again,
you would be able to see what happened.

One thing that I did miss was the crosspost. Had I seen that, I wouldn't
have asked the question in the first place. But that doesn't negate the
fact that SteveB confused OP with Jim Behning or didn't get the
chronology correct. Had he been paying attention, he wouldn't have been
confused.

Then again, I will take responsibility for missing the crosspost; I was
reading Bikini's post in the help_and_support group and although he/she
hadn't mentioned the needed features until 45 minutes *after* I asked,
had I noticed the cross-post, I wouldn't have asked that particular
question to begin with.

You need to understand that quite a few people who post to that
particular newgroup do not need XP Pro. Many of us ask what the specific
needs of the poster are in order that we might be able save him or her a
little bit of money. For instance, some people don't realize that they
can easily use XP Home to access domain shares (even if they can't
*join* the domain as XP Pro could).



Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] wrote:
Daave,
This was Cross Posted to a SBS Newsgroup which Requires XP Pro, not
HOME to Join.
And you ask others to pay attention?

Russ


"Daave" wrote in message
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Bikini did not say that in his/her first post, Steve. Also note that
I was repsonding to Jim, not Bikini. Pay attention!

SteveB wrote:
Not a very useful response either Daave. Bikini says he does require
being able to join a domain and use group policies which of course
XP Home can't do..

"Daave" wrote in message
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Jim Behning SBS MVP wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:08:59 -0500, "Daave"
wrote:
Bikini Browser wrote:
Hello folks...

Happy new year to everyone!

We are still a XP shop and XP will be our standard for a while
longer and I can't change that.

But now I need to upgrade four Dell notebook Computers from XP
Home edition to XP PROFESSIONAL.

There is very little difference between XP Home and XP Pro. Out
of curiosity, which specific Pro-only features do you believe you
need? You might be pleasantly surprised to learn that XP Home can
do them, too!

Domain join and group policy are two features.
See what SBS support is working on
http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/default.aspx
Check your SBS with the SBS Best Practices Analyzer
http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive...A/default.aspx

I realize you are trying to be helpful, but the purpose of my
question was not to learn what I already know. :-)

ANONYMOUS wrote:
Excuse me Russ,

Are MVPs so pedantic to worry about petty matters? Don't you guys have
anything better to do than worry about where it was posted to. I don't look
at NG list in To row (nor do I expect anybody to do so) because I don't need
to. I expect the OP to post it in the right group. If he didn't then tough
luck.

Get a life boy.





One might reasonably expect XP users to know something about XP
upgrades, which is not in itself really an SBS issue, but one of the SBS
newsgroup readers might well have relevant recent experience, and we all
use XP Pro as a matter of course. Also, we're polite. So nobody is being
expected to look at the posting list, just to answer the question as
asked, or move on.

I'm well aware of the reasoning behind asking why a particular activity
is being proposed, and in many cases it's a good idea to do so. *In*
*addition* to actually answering the question, not instead of it.

And no, I'm not an MVP, nor an M-anything.

--
Joe

When are you going to quit making an ass of yourself?
"ANONYMOUS" wrote in message
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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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What are you smoking?


The same stuff as you are. I hear you have been drinking from my bottle
as well. Thief b a s tard.!

"Doum" wrote in message
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"Bikini Browser" écrivait
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snip
But why do you need Pro? There's not much difference between Home and Pro?
(just curious)

You can't join XP Home to a domain, you can with XP Pro. So if you are after
form of central administration of accounts, or need to join a domain (such
as an SBS domain) then you need Pro.
--
Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian

"Brian Cryer" not.here@localhost écrivait
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"Doum" wrote in message
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"Bikini Browser" écrivait
:
snip
But why do you need Pro? There's not much difference between Home and
Pro? (just curious)

You can't join XP Home to a domain, you can with XP Pro. So if you are
after form of central administration of accounts, or need to join a
domain (such as an SBS domain) then you need Pro.

I know that, but it wasn't mention by the OP in the post I replied to.