ok im planning to get xp hom eon my home pc amd athlon xp 1700+ abit KG7 80Gb HD 512 Mem ok soo whats the difference of upgrading from win2k to doing a full install and whatsis the win xp home oem verision???? plz tell and whould u remomend oem??
2006-06-15 08:57:01 · 2 answers · asked by kickenchicken360 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
so would this work???
MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME UPGRADE WITH SP2
Or would this also work--
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
(Full Version) - OEM ok so the top one i can install on another computer with the same key??? but with oem it can only go on 1 pc? confused,,, i can upgrade from win2k to xp home? REALLY CONFUSEd HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-06-15 10:08:53 · update #1
Well, I'm not an expert on oem's and so forth, but if you're planning to do an upgrade from win2k to winxp home, it will NOT work. You can upgrade win2k to winxp pro. To install winxp home, you'll have to buy the full install CD instead of the upgrade and delete win2k first.
A full install would be to delete Win2K and then install WinXP. To do an upgrade would be for you to install winXP over win2K, but still keep most of your files. You wouldn't need to delete win2k first to do an upgrade.
Hope this helps
2006-06-15 09:20:00 · answer #1 · answered by GJneedsanswers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OEM software is sold to computer manufacturers only. To qualify to buy it, you have to buy a piece of OEM hardware at the same time.
OEM software also doesn't come with the same licensing rights that non-OEM software comes with, such as the right to transfer the software to another computer.
A full fresh install is generally better than an upgrade, but if you don't want to buy a new piece of hardware, just go with the upgrade.
2006-06-15 09:08:57 · answer #2 · answered by tisbod5 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋