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bradders
10-May-2005, 14:27
I have XP home and want to upgrade to XP Pro - do I just chyck the disc in and follow instructions?

Cant seem to find a way to back up (other than copy files to a cd) like ME used to, so what if it all goes wrong? WIll I lose my drivers?

Ta
TP
10-May-2005, 14:29
You shouldn't lose any device drivers Paul as it's 'Plug and Pray' :D

Let me check the upgrade paths as I'm not sure this is a vaild upgrade path and therefore may overwrite your application installs.

Back in a mo ...

It's a real nerd-fest in here this morning!
JPM
10-May-2005, 14:32
Why do you want to go to pro? the differences are minimal, the main one being you can add pro to a domain, home you cannot
TP
10-May-2005, 14:37
That's a good question - what are you up to Paul?

BTW - it is a valid upgrade path so you should get an option to upgrade when you boot off the XP Pro CD. They are usually fairly intuitive install wizards so I don't really remember what goes on, I just read it the questions and toss a coin.

:D
BDG
10-May-2005, 14:43
Originally posted by TP

It's a real nerd-fest in here this morning!

Not for me it isn't:puzzled: WAY over my head all of this stuff.

Anyone want to buy some of our old PC's 1 owner 286 & 386's even a 486 if you're lucky. May even have a BBC micro somewhere;)
JPM
10-May-2005, 14:45
Originally posted by BDG
Originally posted by TP

It's a real nerd-fest in here this morning!

Not for me it isn't:puzzled: WAY over my head all of this stuff.

Anyone want to buy some of our old PC's 1 owner 286 & 386's even a 486 if you're lucky. May even have a BBC micro somewhere;)

I took 2 compaq deskpro's (PII's) down to the tip at the w/end....
BDG
10-May-2005, 14:47
Originally posted by JPM
Originally posted by BDG
Originally posted by TP

It's a real nerd-fest in here this morning!

Not for me it isn't:puzzled: WAY over my head all of this stuff.

Anyone want to buy some of our old PC's 1 owner 286 & 386's even a 486 if you're lucky. May even have a BBC micro somewhere;)

I took 2 compaq deskpro's (PII's) down to the tip at the w/end....

Flash git 999R rider:frog:
JPM
10-May-2005, 14:49
Oi!

Keeps kids away ......apparently :rolleye:
bradders
10-May-2005, 15:00
not really looked too much at the difference, just thought it may give more bells and whistles and it aint cost me owt! Good idea or not?
TP
10-May-2005, 15:05
Originally posted by bradders
not really looked too much at the difference, just thought it may give more bells and whistles and it aint cost me owt! Good idea or not?

Well, I don't know the definitive list of benefits. I know it gives you more flexibility with networking but you don't need those. Memory management?

Not sure, let me go back to technet ...

I would say though, that you are inviting a potential risk of losing stuff for not a lot of gain in my view. Unless you can mitigate that risk (backups? move stuff to anther drive etc?) then I would have to want one of the new features to do it.

Let me look up this list.
JPM
10-May-2005, 15:08
I'm with Tony on this, if it isn't broke don't touch it, I would think you would/could introduce more problems by doing this. Obviously I/we would recommend backing your machine up before you proceeded, and if you're going to do that you might as well get a nice clean install on board from the off
TP
10-May-2005, 15:14
Here is a Microsoft guide to the differences, ignore the salesy stuff they include though.

Differences (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx)

From this list key ones that may impact a home user would be:

Multi-processor support (could you see yourself running dual processors in your home machine? Some high-end gamers do ....)

Security - do you have your own network at home with other PC's in which you share files/folders between them? If you do their are other administrative benefits that could apply such as roaming profiles/GPO's etc - but you need a domain to leverage these.

Multi-lingual UI pack - do you have people using this PC that are multi-lingual who would want this feature?

In short, unless you need anything on that list I'd leave it how it is.

:D
bradders
10-May-2005, 15:20
cheers - leave as is then!!

Now another question....webspace, where can I get some cheap or free.

Been trying to upload pics to my ntl space but it comes up not allowed or out of memory and I cant update it!! Been using ACE ftp3 s/ware which I downloaded
Ozz
11-May-2005, 09:24
If you just want space for pics I use photobucket.com. Free!