Can u upgrade XP Home to Professional?

[UltraSmooth]

I have a system with XP Home on it and I want to put Professional on it instead. Is there anyway to just updgrade instead of a complete wipe/install of Professional?

Thanks.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Short anwser. Yes.

 

[UltraSmooth]

Ok, then to do the upgrade do I need an updgrade cd or can the XP Professional CD be used to do the upgrade?

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: UltraSmooth
Ok, then to do the upgrade do I need an updgrade cd or can the XP Professional CD be used to do the upgrade?

Yes, a full version CD can be used to upgrade.

 

[UltraSmooth]

Well I tried it and killed the OS, ended up having to flatten the hard drive and start from scratch 🙁

 

[intogamer]

haha upgrade or format and install pro freshly. imo you don't need to upgrade to pro if you have home already. Depends on what you are doing that makes a good upgrade from home to pro.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: UltraSmooth
Well I tried it and killed the OS, ended up having to flatten the hard drive and start from scratch 🙁

That doesnt make sense, you must have mistakenly passed the upgrade option during setup...

 

[Joemonkey]

A good reason to upgrade from Home to Pro is so you can add a computer to a domain...

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
A good reason to upgrade from Home to Pro is so you can add a computer to a domain...

Which the average home user doesn't need to do...

 

[Abzstrak]

done it 5 or 6 times, never had a problem.... just do it then run all the the windowsupdates again

 

[carpenter]

When I've installed SP2 on my comps with home on them, the Microsoft boot screen changes from XP Home to plain XP and the load bar changes from the green bar home has to the blue bar Pro has. The Pro comps I have kept the blue bar, but Pro disappeared from the name. Almost made it seem as though the service pack changed home to pro. As far as a home owner needing pro, I use both and don't see an advantage to pro. You don't need to put a comp on a domain to network them, so what's the advantage?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: carpenter
When I've installed SP2 on my comps with home on them, the Microsoft boot screen changes from XP Home to plain XP and the load bar changes from the green bar home has to the blue bar Pro has. The Pro comps I have kept the blue bar, but Pro disappeared from the name. Almost made it seem as though the service pack changed home to pro. As far as a home owner needing pro, I use both and don't see an advantage to pro. You don't need to put a comp on a domain to network them, so what's the advantage?

For me it's terminal services [remote desktop] (I routinely connect from work to my various home PC's). I usually recommend that people who think they might want to do that go ahead and get Pro.

Bill