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Upgrade home xp to regular xp
You havn't specified if you have the "upgrade" CD or the "full version" CD. You can upgrade from XP home to XP pro using the upgrade CD. I wouldn't recomend trying to upgrade using a "full version" Back up important files before doing so. I upgraded from 'home' to...- ATST
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Junk Instant Messages
This fixes it once and for all. Go to Start > Run and type: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Yes, bye, bye Messenger!!! bwaahaha (evil grin) You should also go to Outlook Express Tools/Windows Messenger/Options/Preferences, and turn off Automatic...- ATST
- Post #6
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP home upgrade to XP pro gone wrong
I thought of that, but I am not really sure how to do it. I am dumber than I may appear.- ATST
- Post #6
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP home upgrade to XP pro gone wrong
Thanks for your replies. Afraid to do too much to it and risk losing data, I ended up setting up my new 60 gig drive and slaved the 30 gig one (described in first post) in an attempt to retrieve files. The new set up will detect the drive, but it says there is nothing there, and asks if I want...- ATST
- Post #4
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP home upgrade to XP pro gone wrong
I had a machine I got second hand. Took it down to nothing and put the previous owners copy of XP home on it. I decided to up grade to XP pro, so I bought the upgrade copy. I upgraded, and it was fine. A few hours later, while I was surfing the mouse froze. The three fingered solute produced no...- ATST
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
