XP Pro to XP home

Snowbie

Would there be a problem changing XP pro to home edition as a mate of mine has lost his xp pro boot up disc and wants to change to home edition.Would it be possible to use my XP home boot up disc to do this.

SouperComputer

Snowbie wrote:

Would there be a problem changing XP pro to home edition as a mate of mine has lost his xp pro boot up disc and wants to change to home edition.Would it be possible to use my XP home boot up disc to do this.

Should be fine as long as the computer is licenced for XP home. Otherwise he will have to buy a copy.

GAAman

Gonna lose a lock of drivers esp sound doin that had to do it awhile ago. Do you have a diagnostic program of any sort? I use a program called Everest they stopped the free version gimme a shout if you wanna copy of it trust me it saves alot of bother when doin somethin like this

Snowbie

I still have all the drivers myself(originals)to preform the above,should do the job i hope.Thanks for the advice.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Snowbie wrote:

Would there be a problem changing XP pro to home edition as a mate of mine has lost his xp pro boot up disc and wants to change to home edition.Would it be possible to use my XP home boot up disc to do this.

Purely out of interest, why would you want to downgrade to home edition from pro edition, microsoft aren't going to refund you the difference in the licence fee, i don't think, just reinstall pro...

Capt'n Midnight

Snowbie wrote:

Would there be a problem changing XP pro to home edition as a mate of mine has lost his xp pro boot up disc and wants to change to home edition.Would it be possible to use my XP home boot up disc to do this.

you can't upgrade so would mean a clean install - will try to look up EULA later on .

TerrorFirmer

Snowbie wrote:

I still have all the drivers myself(originals)to preform the above,should do the job i hope.Thanks for the advice.

The way you make it out is: He had XP Pro, so his PC probably came with a Pro oem cd-key, but now he wants home?

You have an oem home install disc, which WILL install on his machine no problem, but you won't be able to activate it....

I gave away my spare XP Pro disc recently to someone here on boards, #Elites, you could always ask him if he would forward you the disc, it was a DELL oem XP SP2 Pro install disc, if you friend has a valid key for PRO it would be fine.

Snowbie

sean_keevey wrote:

Purely out of interest, why would you want to downgrade to home edition from pro edition, microsoft aren't going to refund you the difference in the licence fee, i don't think, just reinstall pro...

He has lost his disc or misplaced.

Snowbie

HavoK wrote:

The way you make it out is: He had XP Pro, so his PC probably came with a Pro oem cd-key, but now he wants home?

You have an oem home install disc, which WILL install on his machine no problem, but you won't be able to activate it....

I gave away my spare XP Pro disc recently to someone here on boards, #Elites, you could always ask him if he would forward you the disc, it was a DELL oem XP SP2 Pro install disc, if you friend has a valid key for PRO it would be fine.

So basically stick to xp pro.
Just need a xp pro disc to activate it with a key,can any pro disc do that,does it come with the key,or do you have to pay for a new valid key?

Snowbie

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

you can't upgrade so would mean a clean install - will try to look up EULA later on .

Probably,
Thanks Capt

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Snowbie wrote:

He has lost his disc or misplaced.

He still owns the licence. He can install from any disc

TerrorFirmer

sean_keevey wrote:

He still owns the licence. He can install from any disc

If XP Pro came with his PC and he has a licence sticker on his tower/laptop, its most likely OEM - which means it will have to be installed from a Pro OEM disc, i.e one that comes with a computer, and not the retail version of XP Pro.

As I said, I sent that disc off to someone very recently for the very same purpose you're describing, you could try pm'ing them (name above) and asking for a loan....sharing is caring

Capt'n Midnight

The EULA is in
c:\windows\system32\eula.txt %windir%\system32\eula.txt

It doesn't say anything about Home.

* Use of Previous Version Of Software. If the COA which
accompanies the HARDWARE identifies the SOFTWARE as Microsoft
Windows XP Professional SOFTWARE, then in lieu of installing
and using Microsoft Windows XP Professional SOFTWARE, you may
install, use, access, display and run the same language
version of ONE (1) of the following versions:
Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 2000 Professional,
Microsoft(r) Windows(r) NT Workstation version 4.0 or
Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 98 (Second Edition)

More info in http://download.microsoft.com/documents/uk/partner/training/sales/downloads/oem.ppt

Snowbie

HavoK wrote:

If XP Pro came with his PC and he has a licence sticker on his tower/laptop, its most likely OEM - which means it will have to be installed from a Pro OEM disc, i.e one that comes with a computer, and not the retail version of XP Pro.

As I said, I sent that disc off to someone very recently for the very same purpose you're describing, you could try pm'ing them (name above) and asking for a loan....sharing is caring

Thanks mate i will pm him.:)

layke

What's the legality of torrenting the software if you have a valid key?

I should be ok right?

If so why not just use the magical jellybean keyfinder to display the original key used on the PC and reinstall Pro?

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2612

JohnnieM

if you have a licence sticker on your pc, it will have to be installed from a Pro OEM disc,

Capt'n Midnight

layke wrote:

What's the legality of torrenting the software if you have a valid key?

almost all microsoft CD's say "do not make illegal copies of this cd"

you may also be able to get the CD from microsoft connection
but if it's oem you are at the mercy of the reseller

anyone know what happens if windows goes belly up on a Dell when you didn't pay the extra €6 for the CD ?

Karoma

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

anyone know what happens if windows goes belly up on a Dell when you didn't pay the extra €6 for the CD ?

Pray that the recovery partition is in tact?

irlrobins

Karoma wrote:

Pray that the recovery partition is in tact?

Or borrow a mate's CD.

subway

@ captn midnight
failing that you can call dell and they will provide a new disc -
depending on how long the techy you talk to has worked there he may be able to swing a free one for you

Karoma

Karoma wrote:

Pray that the recovery partition is in tact?

Exactly, which is why I decided 6 quid was nothing. But the CD turned out to be a customised one which ran some installer after Windows had finished, so I used a generic MCE disc instead.