All you need to do is to purchase a "Full Version" of
Windows XP Professional and proceed with a "repair install".
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx
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"jodigirl1971" wrote:
| I have xp professional on my computer that someone else has installed and now
| I'm going to buy my own OS of the same version so that I can receive updates
| from Microsoft. How do I save all my old programs so that I won't have to
| download new drivers for all my old programs that are for windows 98 or
| windows 2000? Do I have to burn them all to disk? If I do, how do I do it?
| Any help would be wonderful. Thanks in advance.