RE: Upgrading XP Home to XP Professional

"xpupgrade",

In a word, yes. This is one of the most tested scenarios run at Microsoft.
I assume when you said I387 you really meant the I386 folder? The upgrade
from XP Home to XP Professional is tested extensively.

Please let us know if there are any issues you run into.

Sincerely,

Pat Walters [MSFT]

"xpupgrade" wrote:

> I have IBM desktop that came with XP Home installed. I bought an Upgrade
> to XP Professional at a local store. It has Service Pack 2 as part of it.
> Has anyone done an upgrade like this? I am wondering about the I387
> folder that is on XP Professional, but not on XP Home. Does the upgrade
> handle these folders?
>
>

"xpupgrade",

No. I believed you were talking about the i386 folder that we use on our OS
installation CD's, which have an i386 folder. This term refers to the Intel
x86 family of 32 bit processors, also known as "IBM-Compatible" machines.
An OEM build of Windows XP Home should not block, in any way, an upgrade to
Windows XP Professional.

As a precaution, do check with your IBM IT department, and verify that they
have not replaced any system files with something that may be overwritten
during your upgrade. This would likely not affect the OS functionality at
all, but might affect one or more of your applications at work.

Let us know how this works out.

Sincerely,

Pat Walters [MSFT]

"xpupgrade" <> wrote in message
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> Well actually is I387 on my IBM company Laptop. Is that something
> different from what you have tested?
>