Home to Pro

PaulAnthony2233 · 04-08-2006, 10:10 AM

Hi there guys, i bought a pc came pre-installed with XP Home OEM version, i want to switch to XP Pro, so i borrowed an XP Pro CD on my friend, but not the product key (of course!!!) so, i try to install XP Pro on my Comp XP Home OEM version, and i enter the product which is use to install the OEM Version,and i got an error message!!! "The product key you use is invalid!!!" what will i do, i want to switch to XP Pro without buying a new copy of XP!!! is it posseble to enter an OEM Version product on an retail XP?

mrjack · 04-08-2006, 10:41 AM

The thing is that Home and Pro use different serial keys and you guessed it, you have to buy your own copy of Win XP Pro.

PaulAnthony2233 · 04-10-2006, 04:15 AM

mrjack, i think that there is no difference between xp pro serial key and xp home serial key, even if xpro retail key, xp pro OEM key, xp pro corp. key and other xp pro serials . it's just the serial key. right???

04-08-2006, 10:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
PaulAnthony2233 Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Quezon City, Philippines Age: 17 Posts: 54	Home to Pro Hi there guys, i bought a pc came pre-installed with XP Home OEM version, i want to switch to XP Pro, so i borrowed an XP Pro CD on my friend, but not the product key (of course!!!) so, i try to install XP Pro on my Comp XP Home OEM version, and i enter the product which is use to install the OEM Version,and i got an error message!!! "The product key you use is invalid!!!" what will i do, i want to switch to XP Pro without buying a new copy of XP!!! is it posseble to enter an OEM Version product on an retail XP? __________________ Highlight It To View!!! Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz ASRock M266A VIA S3 Grapchics ProSavageDDR 128 MB DDR RAM 40 GB HDD Samsung CD-RW Drive Windows XP Professional SP2

04-08-2006, 10:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,363	The thing is that Home and Pro use different serial keys and you guessed it, you have to buy your own copy of Win XP Pro. __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar 500Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

04-10-2006, 04:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
PaulAnthony2233 Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Quezon City, Philippines Age: 17 Posts: 54	mrjack, i think that there is no difference between xp pro serial key and xp home serial key, even if xpro retail key, xp pro OEM key, xp pro corp. key and other xp pro serials . it's just the serial key. right??? __________________ Highlight It To View!!! Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz ASRock M266A VIA S3 Grapchics ProSavageDDR 128 MB DDR RAM 40 GB HDD Samsung CD-RW Drive Windows XP Professional SP2

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