Installing WInXP Pro over home edition

My laptop is running XP Home SP2, but I'd like to upgrade it to Pro so that I can log
it into the domain at work.

The lazy part of me says try installing Pro over home, to save all the hassle of
re-installing everything, but I'm wondering whether I'll end up having more problems
by doing this.

Has anyone tried it, and was it successful?


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Andrew Sayers

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Andrew Sayers
says...
> My laptop is running XP Home SP2, but I'd like to upgrade it to Pro so that I can log
> it into the domain at work.
>
> The lazy part of me says try installing Pro over home, to save all the hassle of
> re-installing everything, but I'm wondering whether I'll end up having more problems
> by doing this.
>
> Has anyone tried it, and was it successful?
>
Should be no problems as it is basically the same OS. Just remember to
run Windows Update after.


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Conor,

Same shit, different day.

On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:36:46 -0000, Conor <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Andrew Sayers
>says...
>> My laptop is running XP Home SP2, but I'd like to upgrade it to Pro so that I can log
>> it into the domain at work.
>>
>> The lazy part of me says try installing Pro over home, to save all the hassle of
>> re-installing everything, but I'm wondering whether I'll end up having more problems
>> by doing this.
>>
>> Has anyone tried it, and was it successful?
>>
>Should be no problems as it is basically the same OS. Just remember to
>run Windows Update after.

Though there may be an issue if your XP Pro is SP1 and your home is
running on XP2. I fell into the trap where it told me the OS was
older than the current one on the system, and I really couldn't be
arsed with finding all the Toshiba drivers etc.

I may try and get an OEM license with SP2 (the current spare license I
have isn't OEM so I don't think it works with OEM disks).

Andrew.
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Andrew Hodgson in Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK.
My Email: use <andrew at hodgsonfamily dot org>.

Andrew Sayers wrote:
> My laptop is running XP Home SP2, but I'd like to upgrade it to Pro so
> that I
> can log it into the domain at work.
>
> The lazy part of me says try installing Pro over home, to save all the
> hassle
> of re-installing everything, but I'm wondering whether I'll end up having
> more problems by doing this.
>
> Has anyone tried it, and was it successful?

Be aware, it might replace your laptop drivers with the older built in
generic drivers.....

Gaz

"Andrew Sayers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> My laptop is running XP Home SP2, but I'd like to upgrade it to Pro so
> that I can log
> it into the domain at work.
>
> The lazy part of me says try installing Pro over home, to save all the
> hassle of
> re-installing everything, but I'm wondering whether I'll end up having
> more problems
> by doing this.
>
> Has anyone tried it, and was it successful?
>
>
I upgraded my (Acer) laptop from XP Home to XP Pro. The only problem was
that I had to hunt down and install sound drivers (Via 3 in 1). Apart from
that it works fine.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>
Andrew Hodgson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:36:46 -0000, Conor <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Andrew Sayers
> >says...
> >> My laptop is running XP Home SP2, but I'd like to upgrade it to Pro so that I can log
> >> it into the domain at work.
> >>
> >> The lazy part of me says try installing Pro over home, to save all the hassle of
> >> re-installing everything, but I'm wondering whether I'll end up having more problems
> >> by doing this.
> >>
> >> Has anyone tried it, and was it successful?
> >>
> >Should be no problems as it is basically the same OS. Just remember to
> >run Windows Update after.
>
> Though there may be an issue if your XP Pro is SP1 and your home is
> running on XP2. I fell into the trap where it told me the OS was
> older than the current one on the system, and I really couldn't be
> arsed with finding all the Toshiba drivers etc.
>
So slipstream SP2 and burn a CD.

"Tony" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Andrew Sayers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> My laptop is running XP Home SP2, but I'd like to upgrade it to Pro so
>> that I can log
>> it into the domain at work.
>>
>> The lazy part of me says try installing Pro over home, to save all the
>> hassle of
>> re-installing everything, but I'm wondering whether I'll end up having
>> more problems
>> by doing this.
>>
>> Has anyone tried it, and was it successful?
>>
>>
>I upgraded my (Acer) laptop from XP Home to XP Pro. The only problem was
>that I had to hunt down and install sound drivers (Via 3 in 1). Apart from
>that it works fine.
>
Thanks to everyone.

I'll give it a go and see what happens. Mines an Acer too so that is encouraging. If
the worst comes to the worst, I can always do a recovery from the original Acer
disks, and then try to convince the wife that I need a new laptop. I fancy one of
those new wide screen jobbies, hopefully running this new CORE chip that has just
appeared. :-)

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Andrew Sayers