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| | Any advice on moving from XP Home to XP Pro? My church has just hired me to fix all their computer woes and one of the issues I'm having is the are 4 different OS's on the network. Would XP Pro upgrade be practical or should I start from scratch with XP Pro full version? Thanks! |
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| The upgrade from Home to Pro is the only one I really don't have a problem with. Never heard of any problem doing this upgrade, though clean installs are ALWAYS the best.
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| | The best is a clean install...but an upgrade would always be a cheaper and faster alternative |
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| You can do a clean install from an upgrade XP Pro CD. Reformat and install the new Windows XP Pro as a clean install. Just make sure you have at least one of the original OS CD's when the XP Pro upgrade asks you for the original OS to upgrade from. Take out the XP Pro upgrade CD and insert the CD with the OS you want to upgrade. XP will verify it, then take it out and reinsert your XP Pro upgrade CD and continue...
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| I might also add that the baseline for using the XP Pro Upgrade CD is Windows 98 Second Edition or higher (In your original post you mentioned 4 different OS's!).
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| I am with Allan on this one. Clean install is always desirable.
However the one thing i will add a note to is the upgrade from Home to Pro. This should be eventless, especially if XP Home was installed with a Retail version and not OEM. When you run into problems on upgrade from Home to Pro a lot of times it is when the PC ships with XP Home. Sony laptops are notorious for this. There are several contributing factors in this scenario.
So in short, if the PC came with XP Home you may want to consult with the manufacturer first to see if they have a Pro upgrade disk since if you get caught there is not going back to Home without a new install. Just a recommendation.
I don't have questions, I don't have answers, I don't have talent but at least I have fun pretending - Jon Guy, c.2004 |
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