Upgrading From Home To Professional Options?
Aug 13, 2008
I currently have XP Home, 5.1 build 2600 according to dxdiag. I also have an XP Profesional CD, however the compatibility test on that CD says "Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer is newer than the version on the CD". So it seems I can't upgrade with the disc I have.I want XP Pro because I have 8GB of RAM, and I don't like Vista. Also I want to upgrade rather than fresh install so I can keep all the programs etc. I currently have. What are my options on upgrading to a 64 bit version of XP Pro? What do I need to buy?
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Jun 20, 2005
I have XP professional from my last computer (it's now inoperable) and XP
home on my new PC. I'm not sure what to do or how difficult it is to upgrade
my new computer to XP Professional with that same software.Just load and go? I know I do need to set a restore point, since there's not one yet.
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Sep 30, 2005
Have XP Home installed on my present system and bought a full version of XP Professional . Can this be full version be installed over or should I say will this upgrade my XP Home without deleting any of my present programs and documents?
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Oct 11, 2005
How can I upgrade windows XP home edition to windows XP professional edition
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Feb 9, 2004
I'm attempting to update from Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional.When I insert the XP CD and click on "check system compatibility" I receive the following message "Windows XP setup does not support upgrading from Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional to Microsoft Windows XP Professional. Setup cannot continue."
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Jun 10, 2007
I have windows home edition with service 2(sp2), i want to upgrade to xp professional , when i install xp professional when the pc restarts and the windows xp logo comes up , a messages pop up saying "press any key to boot from cd" then it disappears and the windows logo comes up again, then it says again "press any key to boot from cd" why does it keeps on doing that, i leave it for like 6 hours and it keeps on doing that,(the xp professional cd i have is a genuine xp professional Cd.(the pc is a desk top"Compaq presario 3500 series")
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Jan 13, 2010
I just built my first computer and I don't have an OS yet. I do have 2 copies on Win XP Home Edition that I found that I may or may not have installed yet.I was going to buy the Win 7 Professional Upgrade online from digital river. It comes with a download for your computer and a disk kit for 13 dollars more that they ship to you. Thing is, this will be a CLEAN INSTALL on a brand new terabyte hard drive. I have read about people doing clean installs with the DISK of Win 7 Upgrade Media, but it seems too complicated. I also know that the best way to upgrade Win XP to Win 7 was to do a clean install and backup your files. But im not going to have anything stored on Win XP.I want to install Win XP Home Edition,connect to the internet, download the Win 7 upgrade media. And install that.
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Jan 26, 2006
I have heard when attempting to upgrade not clean install a new os. For example the whole win98 to w2k doesnt fly good because of the fat32 to ntfs deal. so what about upgrading w2k pro with ntfs to xp pro with ntfs? is this a good thing to do now a days or is it still better to just perform a clean install over my existing os. I really would like to keep my stuff intact, but I dont want a xp upgrade. So what type of issues have you guys had upgrading w2k to xp pro?
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Mar 30, 2008
I've been using Windows XP Professional for several years and am quite happy with it. My roommate has a desktop that she bought some years ago and it came with Windows XP Starter Edition installed. Lately I've been trying to help her upgrade from her XP SE to XP Pro but before doing this I have some questions.Is Windows XP SE at all upgradable to XP Pro? The reason I ask this is because:1.1 I accessed "How to install or upgrade to Windows XP" on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316941, but it does not mention Windows XP Starter Edition as one of the options of OS to be upgraded (only mentions Win98, Windows ME and Windows 2000 Pro 1.2 I also accessed http://www.comztek.com/Admin/ProdMan...1.asp?name=228 and it says "You may not upgrade to Windows XP Professional from Windows XP Starter Edition,. as this goes against Microsoft's End User License Agreement (EULA) 2. In case Windows XP SE can in fact be upgraded to XP Pro, I have 2 questions:2.1 To start the installation should I simply boot the desktop normally and then insert the Win XP CD on the CD-ROM unit and choose the option "upgrade"?2.2 Will files in the desktop and installed programs be preserved? Or will my roommate need to install all the program she uses again? What about local files of Outlook Express and the MSN Messenger emoticons? Will these be lost?
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Dec 16, 2009
I want know if it is safe to upgrade from xp home to professional on my laptop and what the procedure is?
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Feb 2, 2007
I am trying to install XP on my 2000 but it says: Windows XP Setup does not support upgrading from Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional to Microsoft Windows XP Professional.Setup cannot continue.Do i have to reformat my HD? Do i have to reinstall everything on my HD some stuff i dont have the cd any more.Like Office 2003.
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Dec 20, 2004
I have a machine with an 120 day Evaluation version of XP Pro. I am now getting the - You have 30 days to Upgrade this Evaluation version warning message.The System is fully tuned and honed to perfection, so what I would like to know, now that I do have a full version is - how can I do this without re-installing everything?Can I change the ProductKey number? Is there a way to overlay the Full version? Can I change a file or files which will allow me to keep the installation I have now?If I use a couple 'a diskettes can I at least transfer the current settings to another installation?
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Oct 5, 2006
I'm considering installing XP Pro over my XP Home installation (SP 2).Is there anything I should be worried about? For example, breaking installed software?
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Mar 1, 2008
I have bought a new computer which came with Vista. My daughter's computer has Windows Me as its operating system. Can I replace her Windows Me O/S with my now surplus XP (OEM) and if so, how do I do it?
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Jan 14, 2005
Anyway, when upgrading from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP Pro earliler this week, everything seemed to work fine and all the program icons I had from Windows XP Home appeared on the XP Pro desktop. However, my Internet Broadband/Dial-Up connection dissapeared from 'Network Connections' and I therefore could not connect to the internet, even though the ISP ('BT Broadband' - I'm based in the UK in case you wonder who BT are) icon remained on my desktop and their software appeared in Programs.
When I contacted my ISP they claimed this is a problem with Windows XP upgrade to Pro and I should contact Microsoft Support. Is this true?
Anyway, I've had to resort to doing a clean install of Windows XP Home again now in order to get back on the internet with my Broadband internet and installing my ISP's USM Modem software all over again. It worked, but still want to upgrade to XP Pro.
Any ideas on how this 'problem' can be resovled. Don't want to have to do a clean install again and again. Also, is It this a common problem with upgrading to Windows XP Pro from Windows XP Home as my ISP claim ?
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Feb 21, 2007
I want to know your thoughts concerning both OS. Is there a big difference between the two, or is it slight? XP pro is tailored more for businesses but how about in areas of security, wireless connections, applications, crashes etc?
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Jan 29, 2008
I did a upgrade overwrite of XP Home to XP Pro on this workstation of mine with the sole purpose of getting Terminal Services to work. I have the service enabled, there are users in the Remote Desktop Users group, the XP firewall is disabled, the computer is set up in a workgroup, and file/printer sharing works. If I try to connect to term serv from another computer, it will immediately fail and simply say "The remote computer has ended the connection" There are no entries in the computer's error log nor have I found any other indication to the problem.
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Jul 17, 2005
I just upgrade my xp home service pack 1 to professional service pack 2 using the upgrade option.now that I've upgraded, there are several things wrong with my system that I can't seem to fix:
1. Sometimes during shutdown windows hangs at the "saving your settings" dialog, I have to push the power button to have it power off.
2. Right clicking any files (on the desktop, in explorer, and even shortcuts in the start menu) will cause the system to lock up. I have to end task explorer.exe and restart it to get windows back. Special right click menus display without any problems (ie: my computer, recycle bin, desktop, start button)
3. Going into control panel > network connections will lock up the windows.
4. going into internet options > connections locks up just the internet options window.
I've tried uninstalling as many programs I don't need. A reformat is my LAST resort.
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May 6, 2009
I recently had my computer crash. Then I had the misfortune of going to the wrong repair shop. Among other things, the tech, instead of reinstalling my Windows XP Home Edition from my disc, installed XP Professional from a disc he had.The tech also lost a lot if data and did some other things that I didn't like; I don't want to go back to him. I wonder what the best way is to get rid of Professional and install Home?What would happen if I just tried to install Home over Professional? Is there any way to downgrade from Professional to Home? I presume that what I have to do now is to uninstall XP Professional and then reinstall XP Home. Could I partition and put Home on a new partition and then uninstall Professional on the old partition? I know there is an abundance of websites that tell how to do a clean install, but could someone suggest one they feel is good?
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Aug 23, 2006
its actually proffesional and the other one is windows recovery console and it always comes up now and it didnt before but if i dont press anything it automaticly goes to proffesional and i havnt installed it recently,its been installed but i hav uninstalled alot of unwanted microsoft programs like microsoft office,and all the programs i didnt use the only one i didnt uninstall was the net framwork
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Jul 12, 2008
I have 5 hard drives in my system, but, at most only C and D (2 drives) really need to be enabled, so what I do is disable the other 3 by right click on the drive, select the appropriate drive and in the properties tag, select DISABLE THIS HARDWARE.When required, just enable it.Question is, when disabled, is power actually removed off that hard drive, or is there a quiescent current (small current) still flowing in the electronics of the drive that is disabled?
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Apr 18, 2007
I want to upgrade my os .XP pro from XP home. I still want to use the programs and applications from XP home.Anybody know how?
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Jul 16, 2005
I am using Windows XP Home edition. I want to use IIS and Windows XP Home edition does not include IIS. Therefore, I'm trying to upgrade from XP home edition to XP Professional. I have tried running the setup.exe from the Windows Professional CD but it gives an "error: 70077, paramater authorization failure".what should I do now to upgrade from XP home edition to XP professional?
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Aug 1, 2005
I am trying to re-install XP HE over an unauthorized copy of XP Pro, why is it that when i reboot from the disk & i come to press F8 to agree with the terms nothing happens & all i can do is press escape to abort.My system is a P4 2.8 with 520meg of memory & and 80 gig HD.
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Apr 28, 2006
I have two desktops and one wireless notebook running on win xp home OS on a home network using router. I recently bought a new notebook running xp-pro and I am unable to get it in the network to function with the other three. My main issue is that I have one printer which I use for all the pc's running on home they all print and are recognized on the network. I want to be able to use the new notebook that has xp pro installed so I can use the printer on the network.
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Dec 18, 2004
I have an eMachines PC right now and am currently going to buy a new dell PC and give my eMachine to my brother. What i wish to do is remove Windows XP professional from my eMachines and replace it with the windows xp Home edition which will come with the new Dell, So that i can save money on buying a new Professional when my brother does not need the one on the eMachine.
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Jan 19, 2005
HOW DO I OPEN WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL EDITION FILES ON MY WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION COMPUTER? i HAVE ALL MY TAX CLIENTS INFORMATION ON THESE ZIP DISKS BUT I SAVED THEM ON XP PROFESSIONAL, I GOT A NEW COMPUTER AND IT IS HOME EDITION AND I NEED THESE FILES
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Feb 20, 2006
I'm trying to help a mate set up a wireless network to share his new adsl connection between 2 desktop pc's in different parts of the house. He has a modem/router and a switch/wireless ap device, and a usb wireless dongle each machine. Have had all sorts of problems, solved one by one, but for this last one. One of the pc's works fine (Win XP Home), while the other one times out with any internet access attemp (Wn XP Pro sp2). He doesn't need the pc's to talk to each other, only to the internet. one is his and the other his wifes, and they both have work stuff on their machines and don't do lan parties etc. He just wants to get online at the same time. From the machine that doesn't work, I can ping the other pc, the AP, and the modem router fine, but it can't find anything beyond the modem.
If I ping a domain name rather than ip address, it can't even find a dns server to resolve the name. I have spent hours going over and over all the settings. Both machines are set up identically in every respect (relevant to the network that is) but for the fact that one is XP Home and the other XP Pro. Both use only Windows Firewall, and in fact for testing, I've disabled firewall completely on the recalcitrant machine. Both use the same AP, switch, router and modem, and get their IP from the same dhcp server in the modem. I can't figure out why one is working, and the other isn't. My last "long shot" is some difference between XP home and XP Pro. I've never used Pro before, but figured that there shouldn't be a difference for the simple stuff I need to achieve here. but hopefully, I might be wrong?
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Dec 31, 2005
I have just got a new PC which came preloaded with XP Home. As I wanted to use XP Pro I nuked what was on there, or so I thought, and installed Pro from scratch. Now when I boot up (as distinct from booting it which I would like to do regularly,) when it starts it gives me a screen asking if I want to boot from XP Pro or XP Home etc. Is there anyway I can get rid of that first screen please?
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Jul 23, 2005
I bought a computer with XP Pro loaded. Recently discovered that the XP Pro is not "legal" so I went and bought XP Home (all I needed anyway). Loaded XP
Home but now when the computer starts up I get the choice to either run XP Home in safe mode or XP Pro as before. Bascially I want to run with XP Home and discard XP Pro so that I am legal and can register for updates etc. Err, what should I do?
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Jul 4, 2005
I am using a new Windows XP home edition. i wanted to know how do i remove the two options i get before booting my system 1. Start Windows With Boot screen And 2. Start Windows Normally (Although Both Boot up similarly)
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