Upgrading From Win XP Home to Win XP Pro ???

Hi all,

I have a friend who has to upgrade his computer from xp home edition (pre installed), to xp pro, to be able to use the network at his office. I always have recomended a clean install, and that is what I have always done. However, he does not want to do that, and wants to take the chance to just do the upgrade. My question is, how do I do that exactly, with the best chance of having no problems? I have never done a home -> pro upgrade. Do I reboot the computer with the CD, and boot from it? Do I insert it while in windows, and will there be an option to upgrade? FYI: he has a XP Pro disc, that I have slipstreamed to SP2. Any information on what exactly to do would be very helpful. Thanks.

SuperG

Probably just insert while in Windows, I expect there's an upgrade option. If not, there's definitely an upgrade option booting from the CD directly.

And for an XP->XP upgrade, there's no reason to do a clean install.

However, I'm wondering why he wants to upgrade. The only "connect to work" item I can think of requiring Pro is connecting to the work domain from a remote location, and that's just a hassle. Should be much easier to log in to fileservers / etc with per-resource logins rather than the steps required to fix up a domain-based computer. Stick with Home.

You need XP Pro for any kind of domain login....which his company might require due to something in a login script, etc.