Upgraded to Windows XP Home from 2000 Pro

[IanE]

So I decided to upgrade, and it allowed me to convert the disk drive from FAT32 to NTFS, so I did.

All of my files are where they were, but none of them work... it's as if they're just icons.

I've had to reinstall everything and overwritie the current files, but I'm having a horrible problem installing Norton Internet Security 2005. Everytime it tries to install, it'll say the install fails about 12 times throughout the installation, and if I click retry, it'll install some more then fail. I got to the end of the installation and it failed again and it doesn't work.

Only thing that works is Doom3, that runs perfectly fine, but for some reason nothing else runs and I've had to reinstall everything, not to mention that for some reason I have 3 My Documents that are all the same...

Any suggestions or advice guys? I'm considering just wiping out the harddrive and starting fresh.... although I'd much rather not do that haha.

Thanks in advance...

Ian

 

[LBmtb]

Why would you 'upgrade' from Win2k pro to WinXP home?

 

[IanE]

I'm under the impression that it's better?

I could be gravely mistaken...

 

[IanE]

Norton screws up when it gets to "Update component registration..." in the setup process... any idea what could be stopping it from installing?

 

[Budman]

Format & do a clean install,upgrades from a previous OS are always filled with problems.

 

[IanE]

Nobody has a way to get around this other than formatting the drive?

 

[bacillus]

hmm, win2k pro to xp Home is not a MS supported upgrade whereas win2k pro to xp Pro is!

 

[IanE]

It's not supported? Like that means it's incompatible and will cause things to screw up as I mentioned in the OP?

 

[bacillus]

probably but can't say for sure!
a fresh install of xp should eliminate any such possibilities.

 

[IanE]

Would you guys recommend that when I format I install to Win2K Pro, or XP Home?

 

[ShadowBlade]

2k pro

 

[stash]

XP Home, no question. Unless you have a need to join a domain, EFS, IIS and a couple other Pro features, you are much better off running the latest and greatest (XP SP2) instead of 2000.

 

[IanE]

Originally posted by: STaSh
XP Home, no question. Unless you have a need to join a domain, EFS, IIS and a couple other Pro features, you are much better off running the latest and greatest (XP SP2) instead of 2000.

That's what I figured.... thanks for the input.

 

[imported_Phil]

Installing Home over 2000 = bad idea.

 

[IanE]

Originally posted by: Phil
Installing Home over 2000 = bad idea.

Can you explain the pros and cons? I'm totally unaware of what features each OS has.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: IanE

Originally posted by: Phil
Installing Home over 2000 = bad idea.

Can you explain the pros and cons? I'm totally unaware of what features each OS has.

STaSh already explained a few of the differences, but for the most part, 95% of people don't need Pro. There's quite a few morons on this forum that will try and convince you that Pro is faster, more "tweakable", and generally "better", but it's simply not true.

If I didn't have a VLK ("Corporate" in Warez-speak) license for my copy of Pro from work, then I'd use Home. I've no use for any of the Pro features.