Up Grade XP Home to XP Professional

Can Windows XP Home edition be upgraded to Windows XP Professional online,
from a download source?
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AJ

You can easily upgrade Windows XP Home Edition to
Windows XP Professional, but the only way you can do
it is to purchase a "Retail Upgrade Version" of Windows
XP Professional from a store that sells computer software.
There is no download available.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...xp/choose.mspx

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"ArkieJ" wrote:

| Can Windows XP Home edition be upgraded to Windows XP Professional online,
| from a download source?
| --
| AJ

Carey, I have the XP HOme and Professional CD's. I had a system32 problem a
couple weeks ago so I wanted to fix Home Edition by reloading it. That
didn't solve the problem, so I tried to upgrate with the Professional CD and
that didn't work either. I was told to try a Boot by CD approach, but for
some reason, a window does not open when I have the CD in my CD ROM so I
don't ever see the optoin to reload or anything. So I am stuck in Home.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> You can easily upgrade Windows XP Home Edition to
> Windows XP Professional, but the only way you can do
> it is to purchase a "Retail Upgrade Version" of Windows
> XP Professional from a store that sells computer software.
> There is no download available.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
> Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...xp/choose.mspx
>
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>
> "ArkieJ" wrote:
>
> | Can Windows XP Home edition be upgraded to Windows XP Professional online,
> | from a download source?
> | --
> | AJ
>