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Windows XP Home edition
My computer has been operating on Windows XP Home edition
for 2 years with no problems. My daughter bought a new computer with Windows XP Professional edition and installed this version on my computer. Now my computer has slowed down and I want to uninstall the professional edition. I uninstalled Windows XP from the Control Panel and tried to reinstall my original home edition software but it keeps telling me that it cannot overwrite the Professional edition files. What can I do? |
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Windows XP Home edition
All you can do is format your hard drive and install Windows XP Home again.
You can't downgrade from XP Pro to Home. "mekanic" wrote in message ... My computer has been operating on Windows XP Home edition for 2 years with no problems. My daughter bought a new computer with Windows XP Professional edition and installed this version on my computer. Now my computer has slowed down and I want to uninstall the professional edition. I uninstalled Windows XP from the Control Panel and tried to reinstall my original home edition software but it keeps telling me that it cannot overwrite the Professional edition files. What can I do? |
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Windows XP Home edition
Greetings --
The only way to change from WinXP Pro to WinXP Home is to format the drive and start over. There is no supported downgrade path or technique. Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.) HOW TO Install Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;316941 http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_sg_clean.asp Of course, you'll want to back up any important data before starting. Bruce Chambers -- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "mekanic" wrote in message ... My computer has been operating on Windows XP Home edition for 2 years with no problems. My daughter bought a new computer with Windows XP Professional edition and installed this version on my computer. Now my computer has slowed down and I want to uninstall the professional edition. I uninstalled Windows XP from the Control Panel and tried to reinstall my original home edition software but it keeps telling me that it cannot overwrite the Professional edition files. What can I do? |
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