Guest ausglaze Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Having Win XP Home with SP2 and SP3, may I do an upgrade with Win XP Pro with SP2 ?
Guest Malke Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Re: Upgrade WinXP Home to XP Pro ausglaze wrote: > Having Win XP Home with SP2 and SP3, may I do an upgrade with Win XP Pro > with SP2 ? No. You will need to slipstream SP3 into your XP Pro and create a new install disk. This is very easy to do. Of course you will be wise and back up your data before upgrading. How to slipstream SP2/SP3 into XP http://www.nliteos.com/ - nLite http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm http://theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp3_cd.htm Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Re: Upgrade WinXP Home to XP Pro On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:54:16 -0700, ausglaze <ausglaze@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Having Win XP Home with SP2 and SP3, may I do an upgrade with Win XP Pro with > SP2 ? In addition to Malke's good advice, let me add the following question: Are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Home and Professional are identical except that Professional includes a few features (mostly related to security and networking) missing from Home? Most home users don't need and would never use these extra features and will see no benefits by upgrading. For details go to http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp Also note another point, not included in any of the above: Professional allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only five. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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