reinstall win xp pro

[Ray]

I purchased xp pro for my Toshiba Laptop last year.
Laptop was unrepairable under Circuit City Extended
Warranty Plan. New laptop replacing unrepairable unit
w/licensed copy of xp pro. I tried to install my xp pro
on new computer & product code was invalid.

How do AI get my XP Pro to upgrade on my new Toshiba
Laptop with Win XP Media Center. I need to network at the
office.

Please HELP.

Thank you very much,

Ray

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

XP Media Center Edition is, for all intents and purposes, XP Pro except it
has the additional multimedia components.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Since WinXP Media Center Edition is a _superset_ (iow, it does
_everything_ WinXP Pro can do, plus contains additional features) of
WinXP Pro, replacing it with the regular WinXP Pro is actually a
"downgrade." No OS that I've ever heard of supports downgrades, so
your only option would be format the hard drive and perform a clean
installation. You can do this if you wish, but all you'll really
accomplish is voiding the laptop's warranty -- and for no good reason.
There's not a thing that WinXP Pro can do that WinXP MCE cannot also
do, including networking.

Windows XP Media Center Edition Home
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/default.asp


Bruce Chambers

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