Guest gravyface Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 From what I've read -- including posts by several MS MVPs -- only the Windows XP Pro Retail or Upgrade can upgrade from Home Edition to Pro. However, I just put in an OEM XP Pro CD in my Home Edition laptop and after autoplay launched, I was presented with an option to "Upgrade (Recommended)". I did not follow through (it's not for this machine) but it seems to me that what I've read is wrong: OEM *can* do upgrades, not just clean installs.
Guest Bob I Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Clarification on WinXP Home Edition Upgrade to Pro options That could be one of the "switch over" OEM CD's. When you buy a computer when the new OS is coming out and you get the old OS and a "voucher" for the new os. Eventually you get the new OS "OEM" CD and I suspect that is one of those. gravyface wrote: > From what I've read -- including posts by several MS MVPs -- only the Windows > XP Pro Retail or Upgrade can upgrade from Home Edition to Pro. However, I > just put in an OEM XP Pro CD in my Home Edition laptop and after autoplay > launched, I was presented with an option to "Upgrade (Recommended)". I did > not follow through (it's not for this machine) but it seems to me that what > I've read is wrong: OEM *can* do upgrades, not just clean installs.
Guest gravyface Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Clarification on WinXP Home Edition Upgrade to Pro options These are brand-new shrink wrapped from a reputable retailer in town so I don't think they would've shipped us something like that. Doing a bit more digging, on the CD's I386 folder, the setupp.ini file says: Pid=76487OEM From what I've read, this is correct for a SP2 OEM CD (an upgrade CD would have Pid=76488000). Is it possible that MS decided with SP2 to allow the OEM CD to upgrade vs. clean install only? Thoroughly confused. "Bob I" wrote: > That could be one of the "switch over" OEM CD's. When you buy a computer > when the new OS is coming out and you get the old OS and a "voucher" > for the new os. Eventually you get the new OS "OEM" CD and I suspect > that is one of those. > > gravyface wrote: > > > From what I've read -- including posts by several MS MVPs -- only the Windows > > XP Pro Retail or Upgrade can upgrade from Home Edition to Pro. However, I > > just put in an OEM XP Pro CD in my Home Edition laptop and after autoplay > > launched, I was presented with an option to "Upgrade (Recommended)". I did > > not follow through (it's not for this machine) but it seems to me that what > > I've read is wrong: OEM *can* do upgrades, not just clean installs. > >
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Clarification on WinXP Home Edition Upgrade to Pro options gravyface wrote: > From what I've read -- including posts by several MS MVPs -- only > the Windows XP Pro Retail or Upgrade can upgrade from Home Edition > to Pro. However, I just put in an OEM XP Pro CD in my Home Edition > laptop and after autoplay launched, I was presented with an option > to "Upgrade (Recommended)". I did not follow through (it's not for > this machine) but it seems to me that what I've read is wrong: OEM > *can* do upgrades, not just clean installs. What you likely have is a CD from an OEM *for* upgrading - not the true generic OEM we refer to as 'not being able to do upgrades'. Many times the OEM resellers will offer a coupon for a free upgrade, etc - and then you can cash it in. This may be what you have. Also - while it is true a pure generic unmodified OEM CD of Windows XP cannot perform an upgarde, this is not to say it cannot be hacked so it can perform an upgrade. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Clarification on WinXP Home Edition Upgrade to Pro options gravyface wrote: > From what I've read -- including posts by several MS MVPs -- only > the Windows XP Pro Retail or Upgrade can upgrade from Home Edition > to Pro. However, I just put in an OEM XP Pro CD in my Home Edition > laptop and after autoplay launched, I was presented with an option > to "Upgrade (Recommended)". I did not follow through (it's not for > this machine) but it seems to me that what I've read is wrong: OEM > *can* do upgrades, not just clean installs. Shenan Stanley wrote: > What you likely have is a CD from an OEM *for* upgrading - not the > true generic OEM we refer to as 'not being able to do upgrades'. Many > times the OEM resellers will offer a coupon for a free > upgrade, etc - and then you can cash it in. This may be what you > have. > Also - while it is true a pure generic unmodified OEM CD of Windows > XP cannot perform an upgarde, this is not to say it cannot be > hacked so it can perform an upgrade. See: http://www.petri.co.il/use_oem_version_to_upgrade_xp.htm Notice - you may have a retail CD that accepts OEM keys. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest gravyface Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Clarification on WinXP Home Edition Upgrade to Pro options "Shenan Stanley" wrote: > What you likely have is a CD from an OEM *for* upgrading - not the true > generic OEM we refer to as 'not being able to do upgrades'. Many times the > OEM resellers will offer a coupon for a free upgrade, etc - and then you can > cash it in. This may be what you have. > > Also - while it is true a pure generic unmodified OEM CD of Windows XP > cannot perform an upgarde, this is not to say it cannot be hacked so it can > perform an upgrade. Ok that might be the case then. Is there any way to confirm via media/packaging? It looks like a regular OEM packaged media to me.
Guest Bob I Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Clarification on WinXP Home Edition Upgrade to Pro options You would have to ask the retailer. A "true" OEM CD from MS, isn't going to do an upgrade. gravyface wrote: > These are brand-new shrink wrapped from a reputable retailer in town so I > don't think they would've shipped us something like that. Doing a bit more > digging, on the CD's I386 folder, the setupp.ini file says: > > Pid=76487OEM > > From what I've read, this is correct for a SP2 OEM CD (an upgrade CD would > have Pid=76488000). > > Is it possible that MS decided with SP2 to allow the OEM CD to upgrade vs. > clean install only? Thoroughly confused. > > > "Bob I" wrote: > > >>That could be one of the "switch over" OEM CD's. When you buy a computer >> when the new OS is coming out and you get the old OS and a "voucher" >>for the new os. Eventually you get the new OS "OEM" CD and I suspect >>that is one of those. >> >>gravyface wrote: >> >> >>>From what I've read -- including posts by several MS MVPs -- only the Windows >>>XP Pro Retail or Upgrade can upgrade from Home Edition to Pro. However, I >>>just put in an OEM XP Pro CD in my Home Edition laptop and after autoplay >>>launched, I was presented with an option to "Upgrade (Recommended)". I did >>>not follow through (it's not for this machine) but it seems to me that what >>>I've read is wrong: OEM *can* do upgrades, not just clean installs. >> >>
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