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Old 03-03-2007, 15:38   #1
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i got a 2nd hand comp from a small shop, originally came with xp home intalled on it, genuine sticker on side etc, updated fine from microsoft.
4 months later i realised no xp home disk had come with it, i thought no prob, i got a pirate xp pro which is meant to be better so i installed that ( and i thought, hey i can always revert back to xp home), its has worked fine although microsoft site now moans that its not legit.
now i d like to go legit and have discovered i have a genuine win 95 oem small buissness edition cd and a xp home genuine upgrade disk lurking in my box of old comp stuff.
i have been told u cant install xp home onto xp pro so
my question is :

can i remove xp pro off my sytem, install win 95 and then upgrade to xp home using xp home upgrade disk and how to i do it ?

basically im a complete ****wit and have never really installed, formatted etc.

any help would be appreciated
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Don't really think you should be telling people you got a pirate copy of Windows.
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Buy a license you cheap git.
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Old 03-03-2007, 15:51   #5
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Re: help !!

Ditch the pirate copy of XP Pro, find a OEM Windows XP Home Disk(borrow one of somebody etc). Format the PC and re-install using the disk/code on the sticker.

XP Pro has hardly anything XP Home doesn't have except the ability to join a WIndows Domain.

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Buy a license you cheap git.
Rizzla's got a license, just the wrong install CD, much cheaper to find the right CD.
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i got a 2nd hand comp from a small shop, originally came with xp home intalled on it, genuine sticker on side etc, updated fine from microsoft.
4 months later i realised no xp home disk had come with it, i thought no prob, i got a pirate xp pro which is meant to be better so i installed that ( and i thought, hey i can always revert back to xp home), its has worked fine although microsoft site now moans that its not legit.
now i d like to go legit and have discovered i have a genuine win 95 oem small buissness edition cd and a xp home genuine upgrade disk lurking in my box of old comp stuff.
i have been told u cant install xp home onto xp pro so
my question is :

can i remove xp pro off my sytem, install win 95 and then upgrade to xp home using xp home upgrade disk and how to i do it ?

basically im a complete ****wit and have never really installed, formatted etc.

any help would be appreciated
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Old 03-03-2007, 16:05   #7
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whoa, i have purchased win 95, win 98 upgrade, mil upgrade and xp home upgrade.
i then purchased a 2nd hand comp with xp home installed on it and sticker on the side but as i said i discovered later no cd came with comp.
yes im guilty of being a noob and of installing xp pro but as i said i have legit purchased software which entitles me to end up with xp home on me comp.

im just asking for advice on how to use my legit software to end up with xp home again

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Ditch the pirate copy of XP Pro, find a OEM Windows XP Home Disk(borrow one of somebody etc). Format the PC and re-install using the disk/code on the sticker.
yes i can borrow xp home oem but ive got an xp home upgrade disk so wont the liccence key not work ?

edit : ignore the bit about about i only got an upgrade xp home i now realise u mean use the key on the sticker on the comp .
told u i was a noob
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