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re: installing win xp home over xp pro
Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 1:03 pm
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Posted by Crash Override (2148 messages posted)


Your restore disk for the functioning system will not work for any other system. It is intended to restore the system it was created from. You will need to purchase a copy of XP Home in this case, you can not just purchase the license.


On Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 12:42 pm, bernard hedgepeth wrote:
>Thanks Mr.D the xp home on my other system is the one that works fine.It's the used
>system that is the problem.the used sys. uses xp pro. I want to set up a home network
>that is why I want to go to xp home.We have tried to set it up but that is not possible
>.The used sys. will not let us go beyond the log in screen.(I see that my wife posted
>also) I have a xp home restore disc from my other sys. I am not sure if I can use
>it before I purchase a lic. from MS. What else can I do?
>
>


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re: installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 12:42 pm)

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-installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 11:24 am)
-re: installing win xp home over xp pro (harry: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 11:45 am)
-re: installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 11:49 am)
-re: installing win xp home over xp pro (harry: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:07 pm)
-re: installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:10 pm)
*re: installing win xp home over xp pro (harry: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:25 pm)
*Sorry, Harry (Duncan D. Robertson: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:41 pm)
-re: installing win xp home over xp pro (Duncan D. Robertson: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:16 pm)
-re: installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 12:42 pm)
-re: installing win xp home over xp pro (Duncan D. Robertson: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 1:00 pm)
-re: installing win xp home over xp pro (neece: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 1:14 pm)
*You're Welcome (Duncan D. Robertson: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 1:17 pm)
*re: installing win xp home over xp pro (Crash Override: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 1:03 pm)
-re: installing win xp home over xp pro (Ross: Fri, Jan 27, 2006, 3:24 pm)
*re: installing win xp home over xp pro (Kivi Shapiro: Sun, Mar 26, 2006, 7:56 am)
*re: installing win xp home over xp pro (joe b: Tue, Apr 3, 2007, 6:47 pm)
*re: installing win xp home over xp pro (mojo7819: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 1:04 pm)
-How would you do it the other way around? (Elena: Wed, Feb 16, 2005, 10:03 am)
*re: How would you do it the other way around? (TheWizardOfahhs: Sat, Aug 4, 2007, 2:25 pm)
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