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Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP (Upgrade)

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sportzforlife3

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Accourding to the site, you can only use the Windows XP Upgrade on Windows 98, 98SE, and windows ME.

Has anyone ever used it on 2000?

thanks
 
I've always *thought* that you could do a 2000 to XP upgrade; but dont think I've ever tried.

Put in the XP CD and see what it says.
 
I did, on my old dell laptop, it was a latitude. I went from 2000 pro to xp with no troubles at all, exept the laptop onlu had a 850 P3 so it was rather slow.
 
Originally posted by: MrChad
2000 Pro to XP Pro is ok, but I don't think you can upgrade to XP Home.
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You sure about that? I would find it surprising that you could upgrade from 9x but not XP Home.

Not that I know either way; I like to avoid upgrade installs.
 
Oh I misread your post, I thought you meant from XP Home to XP Pro (not from 2000 to XP Home).

Makes sense, thanks for the link.
 
Yeah.

I guess i'll have to install 98 then, lol.

I would get XP pro, but CompUSA has the XP upgrade for $80!

I might just be the lazy guy I am and buy a OEM from the egg... :/
 
Originally posted by: sportzforlife3
Yeah.

I guess i'll have to install 98 then, lol.

I would get XP pro, but CompUSA has the XP upgrade for $80!

I might just be the lazy guy I am and buy a OEM from the egg... :/
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No you don't have to install Windows 98 first. You can just install Windows XP, and it will ask you to insert a previous version of a Windows CD during the installation to qualify it as a valid upgrade path.
 
don't bother upgrade from w2kpro to XP, it gives me BSOD after upgrade. I had to do with clean install and it works fine.
 
No you don't have to install Windows 98 first. You can just install Windows XP, and it will ask you to insert a previous version of a Windows CD during the installation to qualify it as a valid upgrade path.
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Wow really? If so then i'm fine!

I don't mind the clean install, I Just built this rig. It's only been up for, at most, 2 days.

 
why do you want to "upgrade" to windows XP anyway? it offers no advantages over 2000, and you might as well just wait until Vista.
 
Originally posted by: theman
why do you want to "upgrade" to windows XP anyway? it offers no advantages over 2000, and you might as well just wait until Vista.
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Actually XP has quite a bit of features that 2000 has. Depending on your needs it may offer many advantages.

Just because it doesnt have anything you need doesnt mean that "it offers no advantages".
 
Originally posted by: spyordie007
Originally posted by: MrChad
2000 Pro to XP Pro is ok, but I don't think you can upgrade to XP Home.
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You sure about that? I would find it surprising that you could upgrade from 9x but not XP Home.

Not that I know either way; I like to avoid upgrade installs.
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Well 2K can do all the domain stuff that xp professional can. They probably don't want to deal with people sticking a home disk in, breaking their ability to join the domain and then come crying to microsoft to roll it back or something.
 
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