Can i use my XP Home edition key, on XP PRO??

Question

I want to get get xp pro and i just wanna know if my xp home edition key/coa will work to validate the xp pro i install. My key and the xp pro i want to install are both 100% genuine. Thanks!

Answer 1

If you're XP Pro is 100% genuine, then you shouldn't need your XP Home key anyways--your copy of XP Pro should've come with key if it truly is genuine.

Answer 2

Sorry to say, you cannot use an XP Home Edition key to validate an XP Pro installation. Pro offers many more networking features which is why it costs more, which in turn is why Home Edition codes do not work with Pro.

Darn Microsoft and their money making tactics...

Answer 3

No you can't, but perhaps you have a friend of relative who has a XP Pro CD. Because you have a genuine key, you can install windows xp pro with any xp pro cd.

Answer 4

No every copy of XP has it's own unique key.

Answer 5

Unfortunately, no. But there is a tutorial on how to change a Windows XP Home Edition Installation CD in to a Windows XP Pro Edition. I read through the tutorial and it is relatively simple. However, I have never used it myself. Err on the side of caution and backup everything before trying this hack. Below, you will find the instruction as well as the link to the tutorial:

"Hack to Change Windows XP Home to Windows XP Professional" -- written by technipages.com (http://www.technipages.com/article114.html)
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Enable the features found in Windows XP Professional on your Windows XP Home Edition installation with this hack. It will allow you to turn your Windows XP Home CD into a Windows XP Professional CD.


Note: If your Windows XP CD does not contain Service Pack 2, you might want to Slipstream Your Windows XP CD first as you will not be able to upgrade an installation after using the CD.

1. Copy the root directory and the i386 directory of the WindowsXP CD to your hard drive.

2. Extract the Bootsector of your Windows XP CD. You can use BBIE to do this.

3. Click START-->RUN-->REGEDIT

4. Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

5. Click FILE-->LOAD HIVE and select the Setupreg.hiv file
This file is located in the i386 folder. Use the one you extracted to your hard drive from your Windows XP CD.

6. Locate the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Homekey\ControlSet001\Services\setupdd

7. Edit the DEFAULT key and change the following values:

01 to 00
02 to 00

8. Change the name to the value HOMEKEY to anything.

9. Locate the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Homekey\ControlSet001\Services\setupdd

Edit the DEFAULT key and change the following values:

01 to 00
02 to 00

10. Highlight HOMEKEY and select FILE-->UNLOAD HIVE

You can now burn the data on your hard drive to a CD to make a new Windows XP CD. Then use the CD to install Windows XP. Be sure to make the CD bootable. You can use the instructions here to help you do that.



Disclaimer: Technipages and it's owners provide this information without warranty. We are not to be held responsible for any damage that occurs by following these steps.

Answer 6

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. This site is one of the nicest business sites to deal with, honest, sincere and extremely very responsive! I am not a computer geek but can follow instructions and "Sara" (who works for this site) insures that her patience never wears thin. No matter how many questions you have or how many emails you send to them her demeanor remains stable and professional and makes the customer feel that she will spend as much time is needed to insure that they come to a satisfactory conclusion. I would strongly recommend http://www.vip4sale.com
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Answer 7

Nope. When it attempts to register with Microsoft, you'll be denied and probably given the opportunity to purchase it online.