XP Home to XP pro ?

Can I "upgrade," my XP Home installation to XP Pro 2002, (that I've just
bought), with a "repair install," or have I got to start from scratch and
sit here for a week ! ?

regards, Richard

RJK wrote:
> Can I "upgrade," my XP Home installation to XP Pro 2002, (that I've just
> bought), with a "repair install," or have I got to start from scratch and
> sit here for a week ! ?
>
> regards, Richard
>
>

No, you can upgrade.
But why would you want to, other than if you need to join a Domain?

RJK wrote:
> Can I "upgrade," my XP Home installation to XP Pro 2002, (that I've just
> bought), with a "repair install," or have I got to start from scratch and
> sit here for a week ! ?
>
> regards, Richard
>
>

"Sitting for a week" will be worth it, although I can't imagine a clean
install taking that long unless you're installing hundreds of programs.

Any particular reason you want to upgrade?

Alias

"RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Can I "upgrade," my XP Home installation to XP Pro 2002, (that I've just
>bought), with a "repair install," or have I got to start from scratch

It should be an upgrade, not a repair install. If there's no upgrade
option, then maybe you bought an OEM disk, which can't do an upgrade.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)
Slattery_T@bls.gov
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Thanx, ...I thought that a necessary component for "Remote Assistance" was
included in XP Pro but, not in XP Home ed.
i.e. with XP Pro I can "remote assist" a remote XP Home platform but, not
the other way around.

regards, Richard


"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> RJK wrote:
>> Can I "upgrade," my XP Home installation to XP Pro 2002, (that I've just
>> bought), with a "repair install," or have I got to start from scratch and
>> sit here for a week ! ?
>>
>> regards, Richard
>
> No, you can upgrade.
> But why would you want to, other than if you need to join a Domain?

Thanx, ...I thought that a necessary component for "Remote Assistance" was
included in XP Pro but, not in XP Home ed.
i.e. with XP Pro I can "remote assist" a remote XP Home platform but, not
the other way around.

regards, Richard


"Alias" <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote in message
news:O5yk0iugIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> RJK wrote:
>> Can I "upgrade," my XP Home installation to XP Pro 2002, (that I've just
>> bought), with a "repair install," or have I got to start from scratch and
>> sit here for a week ! ?
>>
>> regards, Richard
>
> "Sitting for a week" will be worth it, although I can't imagine a clean
> install taking that long unless you're installing hundreds of programs.
>
> Any particular reason you want to upgrade?
>
> Alias
>

Thanx, I did buy XP Pro OEM, ...and was hoping I could "repair install" :-(

also ...I thought that a necessary component for "Remote Assistance" was
included in XP Pro but, not in XP Home ed.
i.e. with XP Pro I can "remote assist" a remote XP Home platform but, not
the other way around.

regards, Richard



"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
news:l85bt3d6ud65ab1a2r07ij54j1ich3njtv@4ax.com...
> "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Can I "upgrade," my XP Home installation to XP Pro 2002, (that I've just
>>bought), with a "repair install," or have I got to start from scratch
>
> It should be an upgrade, not a repair install. If there's no upgrade
> option, then maybe you bought an OEM disk, which can't do an upgrade.
>
> --
> Tim Slattery
> MS MVP(Shell/User)
> Slattery_T@bls.gov
> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

RJK wrote:
> Thanx, ...I thought that a necessary component for "Remote Assistance" was
> included in XP Pro but, not in XP Home ed.
> i.e. with XP Pro I can "remote assist" a remote XP Home platform but, not
> the other way around.
>

Do you mean remote desktop? if so, then yes you need Pro. However, you
can use remote assistance with Home, because it uses Windows messenger...

That's correct. However you do not upgrade with a repair install. Start XP
Home, insert the XP Pro cd at the desktop and click Upgrade on the splash
screen.

"RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O66JcsugIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thanx, ...I thought that a necessary component for "Remote Assistance"
> was included in XP Pro but, not in XP Home ed.
> i.e. with XP Pro I can "remote assist" a remote XP Home platform but, not
> the other way around.
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
> "Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:63lhdnF28d0mcU1@mid.individual.net...
>> RJK wrote:
>>> Can I "upgrade," my XP Home installation to XP Pro 2002, (that I've just
>>> bought), with a "repair install," or have I got to start from scratch
>>> and sit here for a week ! ?
>>>
>>> regards, Richard
>>
>> No, you can upgrade.
>> But why would you want to, other than if you need to join a Domain?
>
>

No. Both the edition and service pack level must agree (hard disk and cd)
in order to do a repair install. My earlier reply assumed you had purchased
a retail upgrade edition.

You do understand that the OEM license you purchased will not be
transferrable to a new computer?

"RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uN2PMtugIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thanx, I did buy XP Pro OEM, ...and was hoping I could "repair install"
> :-(
>
> also ...I thought that a necessary component for "Remote Assistance" was
> included in XP Pro but, not in XP Home ed.
> i.e. with XP Pro I can "remote assist" a remote XP Home platform but, not
> the other way around.
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
>
> "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
> news:l85bt3d6ud65ab1a2r07ij54j1ich3njtv@4ax.com...
>> "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Can I "upgrade," my XP Home installation to XP Pro 2002, (that I've just
>>>bought), with a "repair install," or have I got to start from scratch
>>
>> It should be an upgrade, not a repair install. If there's no upgrade
>> option, then maybe you bought an OEM disk, which can't do an upgrade.
>>
>> --
>> Tim Slattery
>> MS MVP(Shell/User)
>> Slattery_T@bls.gov
>> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
>
>