Re: deleted my password and lost my updates

From: Malke (notreally_at_invalid.com)
Date: 11/06/05

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    Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 10:15:30 -0800

    Shenan Stanley wrote:

    > devon wrote:
    >> sorry i forgot to ask this originally im running xp home and would
    >> like to try the professional edition how can i change back to it?
    >
    > If you install Professional and want to go back to XP Home - you will
    > have to format and start fresh unless you make an image of your system
    > before upgrading and keep that in a safe place and use it to go back
    > to Windows XP Home.
    >
    > Do you need some feature of XP Pro (Encrypted File System, Ability to
    > join a domain, etc)?
    >

    To go to Pro from Home is completely doable as an upgrade, but don't try
    and do this on your infested system. You'll hose the whole thing.
    Either clean it up first or format/clean install. Please be aware that
    format/clean install will wipe all your programs and data.

    http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install

    Malke 

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