Re: Upgrade from Home to Pro
- From: CdnRebel <CdnRebel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:22:00 -0700
Shenan Stanley,
I would be interested in where in Toronto, I might be able to get a $5.
upgrade from Home to Pro. My brother bought me the computer to use to
develop and upgrade his website. Unfortunately, it was bought in a limited
sale and I had thought that it had everything that I needed to work on the
website. However, I found out that I am not able to connect to the network
which although, inconvenient for passing files, this can be accomplished by
other means. I am also using it to update another website which requires the
download of software which will only work with a registered version of
Windows XP Pro. I have no income at the moment and I would not be justified
in asking my brother to pay for the upgrade. Would you or someone else be
able to steer me in the right direction?
Thanks
"Shenan Stanley" wrote:
brettnolan wrote:.
This would seem to be a simple thing to offer and accomplish, yet I
can't find anywhere to download anything that would upgrade it,
with the exception of buying the full version of Pro. That seems
stupid to me when most of Pro is already in Home, why not offer a
patch or something?
Am I just looking in the wrong places?
Shenan Stanley wrote:
No - you are not looking "in the wrong places" - because there is no
"download" or "patch" to upgrade you from Windows Xp Home Edition
to Windows XP Professional Edition (legitimate one, anyway.) In
other words - what you are looking for does not exist - whether you
believe that to be stupid or not (and no matter if one is to agree
with you) - that is just not the way things are or have been for
the past 5 years or so.
Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition are not the same
product. If you wish to upgrade Windows XP Home Edition to
Professional - you *do* have to buy the full retail or upgrade
edition of Windows XP Professional.
First - what in Professional do you think you need that Home is not
providing?
- EFS?
- Ability to join a domain?
- More easily accessible control over multiple users?
- Something else?
Second - what lead you to believe that because you had purchased
Windows XP Home edition (which is usually $100 less expensive than
Professional), you could "patch" this system at no cost (or little
cost) to a different operating system? While the two do have MANY
MANY things in common - there is obviously something in
Professional you think you need - so there is a definite difference
there. :-)
While I cannot speak for Microsoft on why there is no "patch or
something" - I would assume that the underlying code is perhaps
just "too different" for a patch to properly take into account
everything. It might miss something or it may be unable to
actually make the changes "on-the-fly" that would be necessary to
complete such an upgrade. Then again - it may be simple economics
and license management. You bought and paid for Windows XP Home
Edition. Most people do not *need* the extra features of
Professional - very few do, in fact. And when they do - they
simply purchase the upgrade edition of Windows XP Professional for
about $175-$190ish or (if they can) the academeic upgrade version
for $80-$100ish. Some may even be willing to completely format
their system and purchase the OEM version for $120-$150ish. Others
get lucky and may go to an educational institution where it may
cost as little as $5 to get tthe upgrade edition!
brettnolan wrote:
Thank you for the POLITE reply to my question. Sorry Shenan and
Bruce that you took it so personally. It was just a simple
question. An answer to at least one of your questions, is that I
bought Home because I assumed they were close enough to allow me to
do what I wanted easily. NOT because I'm trying to screw Bill
Gates out of $100 (I know he's on hard times right now).
I don't know if I CAN'T do what I need to do with the Home Edition,
I just expected it to be simpler. But it seems that everywhere
I've found information, it was suggested that the options were only
available in the PRO Edition. Had I known that I would have bought
that one in the first place.
There's no need to get your panties in a bunch and be rude.
Didn't know my response was rude.
Seemed reasonable and fully answered your question.
You asked if you were looking in the wrong place.. I told you "no".
You asked if there was a patch to go from "home to pro" and I told you no
such thing existed and my guesses as to why.
You stated that you thought it was "stupid" if there was no patch to Windows
XP Home to Professional and I gave you the reasons that would make it "not
stupid".
Heck - I then proceded to explain the difference between different versions
and how you might be able to resolve your problem with the least money
spent. I even asked you why you might be needing Windows XP Professional -
because some people think they do when in reality - they do not.
Which part was rude?
--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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