Upgrading to Win XP Pro

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What is your question? Do you want to buy from Amazon.com or are you looking
for alternatives or what?
 
W. eWatson said:
I'd like to go from W2K to XP Pro. It looks like the typical upgrade
package is no longer available from MS. I understand SP3 is the latest
SP.Is this the way to go at this point
<http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Win...CAD4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1228447878&sr=8-1>
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Yes, you want SP3..


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Xandros said:
What is your question? Do you want to buy from Amazon.com or are you looking
for alternatives or what?
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Although I forgot to put a question mark at the end of my last statement,
the question is the package shown on Amazon the right way to go? I don't
care if it's from them or not.

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W. eWatson

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Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

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Shenan said:
Not if you plan on actually *upgrading*.
Clean install - sure - that will probably work for you.
Upgrade what you have already installed - nope.
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This appears to contradict the post above yours by the MVP. I have no
interest in deleting W2K to install XP.

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W. eWatson

(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/>
 
W. eWatson said:
I'd like to go from W2K to XP Pro. It looks like the typical
upgrade package is no longer available from MS. I understand SP3
is the latest SP.Is this the way to go at this point
<http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Win...CAD4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1228447878&sr=8-1>
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Shenan said:
Not if you plan on actually *upgrading*.
Clean install - sure - that will probably work for you.
Upgrade what you have already installed - nope.
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W. eWatson said:
This appears to contradict the post above yours by the MVP. I have
no interest in deleting W2K to install XP.
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Then that OEM copy you linked to will be unable to do what you want.
OEM means a clean installation. You need a retail copy (Retail Upgrade or
Retail Full.)

The fact it has SP3 means very little in the end - as you could download SP3
and integrate it and most post-SP3 patches into any Windows XP Professional
CD you get. You need a retail copy if you don't plan on performing a clean
installation.
 
W. eWatson said:
I'd like to go from W2K to XP Pro. It looks like the typical upgrade
package is no longer available from MS. I understand SP3 is the latest
SP.Is this the way to go at this point
<http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Win...CAD4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1228447878&sr=8-1>
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W. eWatson

(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/>
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You don't want this version. From the site you posted above "Requires the
use of Windows XP Pro SP3 Preinstallation Kit (not included) ." Do you have
the "Preinstallation Kit" already? This is for system builders.

You want the XP Pro SP2 upgrade edition.
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Win..._1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1228888390&sr=1-1

Pro SP3 is not available on a CD and probably won't be. You can purchase
the SP 2 version and create a slipstreamed Pro XP 3 for the upgrade to your
2000 system.
 
Don Schmidt said:
It appears you can get Windows XP Service Pack 3 on a CD at:

https://om2.one.microsoft.com/opa/P...-6b25-4f99-8913-3e3453ad966d&LocaleCode=en-us
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Have you tried to go to the site you posted? While it shows a Microsoft
Windows XP site, it says:

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Don Schmidt said:
Many thanks Daave, I've dropped your suggested address shortcut in my
Favorites.
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That is the URL for the Service Pack not Windows XP with SP3 already
installed. The OP wanted a CD with XP Pro with SP3 already installed onto
it not the service pack by itself
 
It looks like the Amazon product should do the trick at $184.00. I certainly
don't want to start over by installing XP (OEM) on my W2K machine, and
having W2K wiped out. It sounds like it might be hazardous.

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W. eWatson

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Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

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Frank-FL said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2060350368 1179212716&name=Professional
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That is (XP Pro SP3 OEM) for system builders. Read all the requirements for
it and you will see that it is NOT the version that the OP wants.

If you had read my initial response to the OP's post you would have read:
"You don't want this version. From the site you posted above "Requires the
use of Windows XP Pro SP3 Preinstallation Kit (not included) ." Do you have
the "Preinstallation Kit" already? This is for system builders."

Since the OP wanted to upgrade from 2000 to XP Pro SP3 the OP wanted a
retail version of XP Pro SP3 full install or a retail version of XP Pro SP3
upgrade. Neither is available on the market at this or any other time since
XP is no longer being sold by Microsoft to the general population (except in
certain circumstances.)
 
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