Upgrading from an illegal copy to a legal copy: won't inst..

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it could be like you are upgrading from windows xp pro to windows xp home

To be frank i have tried to upgrade the computer from illegal version of xp
to leagal xp pro it worked

Different architecture which would not allow you to get back to home,
however you will be able to upgrade from home to pro

"Bigjohn393@bellsouth.net" wrote:

> I have an illegal copy of MS XP-Pro on my computer. In a fit of conscience,
> I went out and bought a legal copy of XP Home Edition. The software
> installation hangs up and says that this is not an upgradable edition. Is
> there a way around this? I have been buying MS products since DOS 1.0 days.
> John

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In news:A21C81CA-C7CC-43B1-8AD8-3571686B2CB6@microsoft.com,
Bigjohn393@bellsouth.net
<Bigjohn393@bellsouth.net@discussions.microsoft.com> respectfully replied
;-)
> I have an illegal copy of MS XP-Pro on my computer. In a fit of
> conscience, I went out and bought a legal copy of XP Home Edition.
> The software installation hangs up and says that this is not an
> upgradable edition. Is there a way around this? I have been buying
> MS products since DOS 1.0 days. John

You would need a Pro version, with the Home version, you can only do a clean
install. You can't install Home over Pro.
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First off if you had purchased a Retail version of XP Pro you would be able
to simply swap out the product key. However XP Home keys won't work with XP
Pro and you can't install XP Home over XP Pro so you are stuck with doing a
clean install if you want to legitimize
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"Bigjohn393@bellsouth.net"
<Bigjohn393@bellsouth.net@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A21C81CA-C7CC-43B1-8AD8-3571686B2CB6@microsoft.com...
> I have an illegal copy of MS XP-Pro on my computer. In a fit of
conscience,
> I went out and bought a legal copy of XP Home Edition. The software
> installation hangs up and says that this is not an upgradable edition. Is
> there a way around this? I have been buying MS products since DOS 1.0
days.
> John

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So format your hard drive and clean-install it.

"Bigjohn393@bellsouth.net"
<Bigjohn393@bellsouth.net@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A21C81CA-C7CC-43B1-8AD8-3571686B2CB6@microsoft.com...
>I have an illegal copy of MS XP-Pro on my computer. In a fit of
>conscience,
> I went out and bought a legal copy of XP Home Edition. The software
> installation hangs up and says that this is not an upgradable edition. Is
> there a way around this? I have been buying MS products since DOS 1.0
> days.
> John

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I too have just discovered, via "Windows Genuine Advantage Validation" report
that I have illegal copies of XP Pro and Office 2002 and FrontPage 2002 using
illegal Volume License Product Keys. But I do have legal full versions of Win
Me and Office 97 and Frontpage 2000.

My questions are this:

1: I have 3 partitions on the one drive (done using PartitionMagic 7.0)
where "C" is the OS and programs, "D" is User My Documents and "E" is all my
photos and home videos. All formatted in Fat 32 not NTFS due to a legacy 95,
98, NT program. Will I have to repartition the entire drive when I install a
legal copy of XP Pro? I do carry out regular CD backups of "D" and "E".
2: Can I do a clean install using genuine "upgrade" versions of
"Academic"versions of XP Pro, office and FrontPage?
3: If I can use "upgrade academic" versions, will this affect my upgrade
path for future versions of these programs? (I am thinking ahead to the era
of Win 64 and dual core technology)