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10-11-2007
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| | Upgrading from Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro I am running XP Home on a desktop and would like to upgrade to XP Pro without doing a complete reinstall and adversely affecting my data and applications. Does Microsoft offer an upgrade path to accomplish this? |
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10-11-2007
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| | Re: Upgrading from Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro Purchase a retail upgrade version of Windows XP Professional. Then while at your Windows XP Home Edition desktop, insert the XP Pro upgrade CD in the CD drive and select "upgrade". -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User --------------------------------------------------------------- "John Randle" <JohnRandle@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:16EBA53E-55D5-45E9-94AC-0369D64E2705@xxxxxx I am running XP Home on a desktop and would like to upgrade to XP Pro without doing a complete reinstall and adversely affecting my data and applications. Does Microsoft offer an upgrade path to accomplish this? |
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10-11-2007
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| | Re: Upgrading from Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro just a follow-up question about this. What happen was after i did the upgrade is i can no longer play any music/sounds. I have installed the driver for sound already but still the same... Please help, need your advice. Allah Danne Lisondra "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: Quote: > Purchase a retail upgrade version of Windows XP > Professional. Then while at your Windows XP Home > Edition desktop, insert the XP Pro upgrade CD in > the CD drive and select "upgrade". > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows Shell/User > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > "John Randle" <JohnRandle@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:16EBA53E-55D5-45E9-94AC-0369D64E2705@xxxxxx > I am running XP Home on a desktop and would like to upgrade to XP Pro without > doing a complete reinstall and adversely affecting my data and applications. > Does Microsoft offer an upgrade path to accomplish this? |
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10-12-2007
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| | Re: Upgrading from Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro did you go in and find your sound card software and do a update driver..let it find it and tell you if..the driver is installed..do you know how to find it and do that.. "v-2a**" wrote: Quote: > just a follow-up question about this. > What happen was after i did the upgrade is i can no longer play any > music/sounds. I have installed the driver for sound already but still the > same... > > Please help, need your advice. > Allah Danne Lisondra > > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: > Quote: > > Purchase a retail upgrade version of Windows XP > > Professional. Then while at your Windows XP Home > > Edition desktop, insert the XP Pro upgrade CD in > > the CD drive and select "upgrade". > > > > -- > > Carey Frisch > > Microsoft MVP > > Windows Shell/User > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > "John Randle" <JohnRandle@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:16EBA53E-55D5-45E9-94AC-0369D64E2705@xxxxxx > > I am running XP Home on a desktop and would like to upgrade to XP Pro without > > doing a complete reinstall and adversely affecting my data and applications. > > Does Microsoft offer an upgrade path to accomplish this? |
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10-12-2007
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| | Re: Upgrading from Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro yeah, i did try that, i even check the drivers for my sound card. still the same.. pls help  -- v-2all@xxxxxx MICROSOFT - consumer support 1-800-936-5700 "wheelman" wrote: Quote: > did you go in and find your sound card software and do a update driver..let > it find it and tell you if..the driver is installed..do you know how to find > it and do that.. > > "v-2a**" wrote: > Quote: > > just a follow-up question about this. > > What happen was after i did the upgrade is i can no longer play any > > music/sounds. I have installed the driver for sound already but still the > > same... > > > > Please help, need your advice. > > Allah Danne Lisondra > > > > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: > > Quote: > > > Purchase a retail upgrade version of Windows XP > > > Professional. Then while at your Windows XP Home > > > Edition desktop, insert the XP Pro upgrade CD in > > > the CD drive and select "upgrade". > > > > > > -- > > > Carey Frisch > > > Microsoft MVP > > > Windows Shell/User > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > "John Randle" <JohnRandle@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:16EBA53E-55D5-45E9-94AC-0369D64E2705@xxxxxx > > > I am running XP Home on a desktop and would like to upgrade to XP Pro without > > > doing a complete reinstall and adversely affecting my data and applications. > > > Does Microsoft offer an upgrade path to accomplish this? |
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