Hello, Can anyone help with this please?

Can XP Home be upgraded to XP Pro? If so, is this done by using the XP Pro CD and choosing the upgrade option (if there is one) or is there a separate product used for this upgrade?

Many thanks,

Qcumber

There is an upgrade disk available.

If you have the full version, backup / save, all your important stuff on cd, spare HD or other.
Then give it a try.

Bit why do you want to upgrade. Anyone in a position to take advantage of the add facilities in Professional would know the answerer to that question anyway.

The only difference with professional is that it allows you to join a domain on a corporate network and also has extra security that requires.

For the home user and even a small business operating a peer to peer network, there is nothing in XP professional that warrants the extra expense

Stuart

Hi Qcumber
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You can do an unattend installation of XP:
Insert a legit XP-Pro CD into your CD-ROM.
If the Welcome to Microsoft Windows screen comes up, click EXIT
Leave the CD in drive.
Now click
START
RUN
Type into the Open Line: D:\i386\winnt32.exe /unattend
And click OK. If your CD-ROM is not D, then replace D with your CD-ROM letter.
The only question that will be asked is the Product key.
If you just reinstall same Windows, it will ask NO questions at all. Now you need to activate.
All settings and installed programs will be saved and unchanged.
Cheers de Peter

Yeah, Peter, that's great-- but WHY?

Stuart S is right on.

but WHY?

Because that is what Qcumber was asking for.

Cheers de Peter

Thanks for the responses everyone. Thats just what i was looking for.

Qcumber.