[barrie]

How easy is it to upgrade from XP Home to Pro?

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Barrie

As easy as buying an Upgrade version of XP Pro.. what you should be asking
yourself is this.. "Do I need to upgrade?"..

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp


Unless you are going to join a domain, of make use of the file security
features contained within XP Pro, there really is little point in upgrading
at all..

Many who do this without checking it out first wonder why they don't have MS
Office appear on their systems.. the link above will explain the
differences.. expect no more and no less..



--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

"If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept
it all to themselves." - Lane Kirkland


"barrie" <basser@tiscali.es> wrote in message
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> How easy is it to upgrade from XP Home to Pro?
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[usasma]

It's very easy to do - just slap the CD in the drive and follow the
instructions. I, personally, have problems with upgrading and prefer to do a
full install - after saving all my data. The purpose behind this is that I
won't import any problems that exist in the current system.

Another question is, do you really need the extra features in XPPro? Check
this link: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/compare.mspx

I find that I don't use the extra features very much so upgrading just isn't
worth it for me.

"barrie" wrote:

> How easy is it to upgrade from XP Home to Pro?
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[Ken Blake]

In news:ORSEi0weFHA.960@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
barrie <basser@tiscali.es> typed:

> How easy is it to upgrade from XP Home to Pro?


Because the two are so similar, it's the easiest of all possible
upgrades. There is no special upgrade version just for this, but
the regular XP Professional Upgrade works fine (although it
doesn't say so on the box).


But are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Home
and Professional are identical except that Professional includes
a few features (mostly related to security and networking)
missing from Home? Most home users don't need and would never use
these extra features and will see no benefits by upgrading.

For details go to

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Also note that Professional allows ten concurrent network
connections, and Home only five.


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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[Harry Ohrn]

check here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/upgrade_tips.htm

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


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