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shay5726
If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro or can
I just upgrade to windows xp?
John John
If you want to do an in-place upgrade you will have to upgrade to XP
Professional. An in-place upgrade is installing XP over Windows 2000
while keeping your programs, settings and data. If on the other hand
you want to format your drive and start from scratch then your Windows
2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as an upgradable product.

John

shay5726 wrote:

> If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro or can
> I just upgrade to windows xp?
John John
Sorry, last sentence should read:

If on the other hand you want to format your drive and start from
scratch then your Windows 2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as
an upgradable product for either XP Home or XP Pro.

John

John John wrote:

> If you want to do an in-place upgrade you will have to upgrade to XP
> Professional. An in-place upgrade is installing XP over Windows 2000
> while keeping your programs, settings and data. If on the other hand
> you want to format your drive and start from scratch then your Windows
> 2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as an upgradable product.
>
> John
>
> shay5726 wrote:
>
>> If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro
>> or can I just upgrade to windows xp?
Dave Patrick
The only upgrade path for Windows 2000 to Windows XP is Pro

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q292607

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"John John" wrote:
| Sorry, last sentence should read:
|
| If on the other hand you want to format your drive and start from
| scratch then your Windows 2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as
| an upgradable product for either XP Home or XP Pro.
|
| John
|
| John John wrote:
|
| > If you want to do an in-place upgrade you will have to upgrade to XP
| > Professional. An in-place upgrade is installing XP over Windows 2000
| > while keeping your programs, settings and data. If on the other hand
| > you want to format your drive and start from scratch then your Windows
| > 2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as an upgradable product.
| >
| > John
| >
| > shay5726 wrote:
| >
| >> If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro
| >> or can I just upgrade to windows xp?


John John
If you install on a formated hard drive XP Home upgrade will accept an
NT4 or Windows 2000 CD as valid proof of ownership and clean install. I
just installed one less than a week ago for a friend and XP Home Upgrade
accepted NT4 CD.

John

Dave Patrick wrote:[color=blue]
> The only upgrade path for Windows 2000 to Windows XP is Pro
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q292607
>[/color]
Dave Patrick
Thanks for the correction. That's interesting. It should not have worked.

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Regards,

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Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"John John" wrote:
| If you install on a formated hard drive XP Home upgrade will accept an
| NT4 or Windows 2000 CD as valid proof of ownership and clean install. I
| just installed one less than a week ago for a friend and XP Home Upgrade
| accepted NT4 CD.
|
| John


John John
I know. I was surprised to see it accept the CD. I had told my friend
seconds earlier that we were probably going to need a W98 CD to install
but it took the bait. He had an IBM with Windoows 2000 on a service
partition but his hard drive failed utterly and he was force to buy an
operating system to put on a new drive, IBM would not provide a
replacement OS because the pc is out of waranty.

John

Dave Patrick wrote:
[color=blue]
> Thanks for the correction. That's interesting. It should not have worked.
>[/color]
Dave Patrick
Thanks for the correction. That's interesting. It should not have worked.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/protect[/url]

"John John" wrote:
| If you install on a formated hard drive XP Home upgrade will accept an
| NT4 or Windows 2000 CD as valid proof of ownership and clean install. I
| just installed one less than a week ago for a friend and XP Home Upgrade
| accepted NT4 CD.
|
| John


John John
I know. I was surprised to see it accept the CD. I had told my friend
seconds earlier that we were probably going to need a W98 CD to install
but it took the bait. He had an IBM with Windoows 2000 on a service
partition but his hard drive failed utterly and he was force to buy an
operating system to put on a new drive, IBM would not provide a
replacement OS because the pc is out of waranty.

John

Dave Patrick wrote:
[color=blue]
> Thanks for the correction. That's interesting. It should not have worked.
>[/color]
John John
If you want to do an in-place upgrade you will have to upgrade to XP
Professional. An in-place upgrade is installing XP over Windows 2000
while keeping your programs, settings and data. If on the other hand
you want to format your drive and start from scratch then your Windows
2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as an upgradable product.

John

shay5726 wrote:

> If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro or can
> I just upgrade to windows xp?
John John
Sorry, last sentence should read:

If on the other hand you want to format your drive and start from
scratch then your Windows 2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as
an upgradable product for either XP Home or XP Pro.

John

John John wrote:

> If you want to do an in-place upgrade you will have to upgrade to XP
> Professional. An in-place upgrade is installing XP over Windows 2000
> while keeping your programs, settings and data. If on the other hand
> you want to format your drive and start from scratch then your Windows
> 2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as an upgradable product.
>
> John
>
> shay5726 wrote:
>
>> If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro
>> or can I just upgrade to windows xp?
Dave Patrick
The only upgrade path for Windows 2000 to Windows XP is Pro

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q292607

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/protect[/url]

"John John" wrote:
| Sorry, last sentence should read:
|
| If on the other hand you want to format your drive and start from
| scratch then your Windows 2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as
| an upgradable product for either XP Home or XP Pro.
|
| John
|
| John John wrote:
|
| > If you want to do an in-place upgrade you will have to upgrade to XP
| > Professional. An in-place upgrade is installing XP over Windows 2000
| > while keeping your programs, settings and data. If on the other hand
| > you want to format your drive and start from scratch then your Windows
| > 2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as an upgradable product.
| >
| > John
| >
| > shay5726 wrote:
| >
| >> If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro
| >> or can I just upgrade to windows xp?


John John
If you install on a formated hard drive XP Home upgrade will accept an
NT4 or Windows 2000 CD as valid proof of ownership and clean install. I
just installed one less than a week ago for a friend and XP Home Upgrade
accepted NT4 CD.

John

Dave Patrick wrote:[color=blue]
> The only upgrade path for Windows 2000 to Windows XP is Pro
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q292607
>[/color]
Dave Patrick
Thanks for the correction. That's interesting. It should not have worked.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/protect[/url]

"John John" wrote:
| If you install on a formated hard drive XP Home upgrade will accept an
| NT4 or Windows 2000 CD as valid proof of ownership and clean install. I
| just installed one less than a week ago for a friend and XP Home Upgrade
| accepted NT4 CD.
|
| John


John John
I know. I was surprised to see it accept the CD. I had told my friend
seconds earlier that we were probably going to need a W98 CD to install
but it took the bait. He had an IBM with Windoows 2000 on a service
partition but his hard drive failed utterly and he was force to buy an
operating system to put on a new drive, IBM would not provide a
replacement OS because the pc is out of waranty.

John

Dave Patrick wrote:
[color=blue]
> Thanks for the correction. That's interesting. It should not have worked.
>[/color]