I currently have xp pro loaded on my computer but it was a bad install and i want to install xp home which i like a bit more. When i go to install xp home, it won't let me because it automatically assumes i want to upgrade and i can't choose a clean install. I can't boot from my cd rom so i can't go through bios.
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How can I upgrade windows XP home edition to windows XP professional edition
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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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View 1 Replies View RelatedA friend asked me to to install Windows XP home edition on a computer that has Windows XP professional on it. The Windows XP Professional is not an authentic edition so my friend has purchased the Windows XP Home Edition. How can this be safely installed and what should I particularily watch out for
The computer will run setup [load files]. But when it gets to install, a STOP ERROR SCREEN comes up. This is with XP Pro. So I tried XP Home. The computer will install it. Can you tell me why it will not install XP Pro?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI need a help, I'd like to know among Windows XP users in the world, what is the percentage of windows XP home edition users and Pro. edition users?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have XP Media Center Edition 2002 or 2005 (not sure which) edition on a dell desktop and I have problems with Media Edition so I'd like to go to plain XP home edition. If I buy and run the XP Home upgrade, will that work on top of MCE?
View 15 Replies View RelatedI recently received a laptop that someone needs me to fix. The problem is that it seems at some point that some kind of update was interrupted during the process and the system will not load unless a windows xp professional edition disk is inserted to complete the update. I also cannot get it to start in safe mode. Unfortunately, I only have a home edition disk. Can I reformat XP pro with a home edition disk? If not, are there any other options?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI had windows SP2 on my Compaq Presario SR1123WM before it crashed and went back to California for repair.I still have the CD to install the program.But it will not install, either from download from microsoft, or from the CD.I get an error message " Extraction failed.(ccyclic redundancy check)" And a few minutes later, I get the screen, " SP2 did not install," or some such thing. Anyway, I have tried 14 times to install this thing, but Microsoft tells me that Compaq is responsible, because it was OEM installed.
View 5 Replies View RelatedAn XPS M1530 and I want to install XP, preferably with the option to dual-boot Vista. A friend of mine installed Vista Pro on his dell desktop. The computer originally came with XP, so he gave me his product key to use for my laptop. If that works,i'm a little concerned about finding the correct drivers for it. Will the same drivers work? Also, to dual-boot means i have to partition my drive. Unfortunately i really don't know how to go about doing that, nor do i know what would be good sizes for a 320GB Hard Disk.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI just did a clean re-install of windows xp home edition and I cannot go to any microsoft site. I tried going to start menu then clicking windows update but it comes up page not found. I have tried both IE and Firefox to go directly to microsoft's website to get service pack 3 and all the updates but it won't go to any microsoft website. It just comes up page not found. What could be causing this?
View 5 Replies View RelatedMy hard drive's windows files have become corrupt and I need the files on it, so I purchased a new hard drive. I can't seem to install Windows XP Home onto the new hard drive. Everything goes fine, but then I get an error message saying it can't install the product catalogs. Is this because I'm using a reinstall CD that was provided by Dell.
View 14 Replies View Relatedmedia edition 2005. have turned on lap top after a few months and am getting a message saying no operating system.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have just installed external 80G HD and wondering if/how I can do a backup of my XP Home Edition system and main HD similar to the old Mirror feature.
View 6 Replies View RelatedCan anyone who uses the Windows XP Professional 64 bit Edition OS,give me there opinions on it. What it is like compared to the 32 bit version. Any comments regarding your experience with the OS will be welcome.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhat is <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.mspx" target="_new">Windows XP Professional x64 Edition</A> like for gaming & are there any driver issues with it
View 9 Replies View RelatedI would be grateful if you could give advise regarding the following Event System error: EventSystem
The COM Event System detected a bad return code during its internal processing. HRESULT was C0000005 from line 44 of d:qxp_slpcomcom1xsrcevent s ier1eventsystemobj.cpp. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error. My PC is also very slow and takes a long time to boot up - could this be the
cause?
i'm looking for windows xp corporate edition for 24 machines on a company network.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'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?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI recently reinstalled the Home Edition and now after rebooting the computer goes directly to the Home Edition. I changed the boot file too.When I boot up I get the two options, but when I log in to the Professional Edition I get an error. I suppose that the way I name the Professional Edition is not okay.If it is the problem, where can I find the proper name of the Professional Edition installed in my computer.
View 3 Replies View RelatedNow my problem is with SP3.As you can see in the title my current OS is Windows XP Professional Media Center Edition SP3 Integrated. However, I do not want SP3 as it is causing problems with my tcp/ip. What I'd like to know is if there's some kind of way I can remove this integrated SP3. I do not have it in my add/remove programs clearly as it is not manually installed.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI have just bought an entire new system, mostly high end and is running E6600 and 8800gtx. Just wondering if I should use the normal 32bit edition of XP, or the 64bit. whats the difference, and is it a good idea for me to use 64bit?
View 7 Replies View Relatedi have a question about the Home edition sp2, as i known, this version only can support HT with single core, but now i face a problem is that it can support dual core(Yohan) , so about this case, does the Home edition really support dual core in one package? or just it cannot support dual core with individual package?
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhat is the BEST Registry Cleaner out there? Does Microsoft have one we can download for free? Or do they recommend one? OTHERWISE what's the BEST one out there?
View 43 Replies View RelatedAnyway, 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 ?
Should I install SP2 on my XP home edition on my laptop? is this fine or are there problems related and or is it even neccesary.
View 4 Replies View Relatedi'm in the process of upgrading my PC and i want to get Windows XP, now, i have two questions, i have been told that Windows XP needs 4.5GB of space to install, this seems like an insane amount, and as i seem to only have 2.0GB available, not achievable, however, if this is not true, and i can install it, is the Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade with SP2 what i need, as it says upgrade, does it mean upgrade from ME to XP? As that is what i have, or is it an upgrade from SP1 to SP2? Or do i need Windows XP Home Edition with SP2? Or should i get SP1? This is, however, if i have enough memory
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