Upgrading XP Home to XP Pro

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:28:03 -0700, Andrew E. <eckrichco@msn.com>
wrote:

> While it is possible to "upgrade xp home to xp pro" you will not find this
> recommendation anywhere on microsoft web sites,they simply say not to.


Daddyman, please be aware that the above is nonsense. Andrew E., who
wrote the above, is our resident troll who deliberately misinforms
people on this and many other issues. He persists in giving people the
same egregious piece of misinformation that it's not possible or not
recommended to upgrade from Home to Professional, no matter how many
times I and others here have corrected him and pointed him to the
Microsoft site stating otherwise.

In fact, it's the easiest and most-likely successful of all possible
upgrades, since so little has to be changed. Easy as it may be, it's
still prudent to backup your data first, just in case something goes
wrong.



> The only way to do it,is boot to xp pro cd,select install xp,new copy,delete
> the partition (xp home),create one,then let pro format & install auto...The
> reasons microsoft says this,the 2 OS are so identical in 95% of the software,
> & that alone causes conflicts,the other 5% causes other problems..
>
> "DaddyMan" wrote:
>
> > I'm not a new user but I wasn't sure which category to post this question.
> >
> > If I upgrade a computer from XP Home to XP Pro, will I need to re-install
> > all pre-existing applications?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Hank

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Thanks to (almost) everyone for the information. This has been very helpful.

Hank