Hi I have a fujitsu siemens laptop running Microsoft XP Home Edition Without upgrading to Pro is there a way of getting the look of XP Pro. Like when I press control alt delete and it says Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, is there a way of changing this to professional? Help app. Richard

I believe there is a way to change the appearance of the welcome screen but it's done at great risk. What's wrong with the way things are now? i_XpUser

Dood, XP Home is sooo not cool. I'd do the same thing if I had Home. AMD Athlon 64 3500+ socket 939 1 GIG PC3200 DDR RAM 2x120 GIG 7200PRM HD's SATA/RAID 0 PNY Nvidia 6800 128MB Lite-On DVD+-RW DL

The text is most likely included in compiled code in many places and would be difficult, if not impossible, to change. For example, you can change the "start" text on the start menu, but it must be 5 characters. Michael J

Get a friend with Pro. Hey, you bought Home, right? /kidding Except for bragging rights, most people don't have a need for Pro, though. Why do you want to change it, anyway? The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.-Nathaniel Borenst