Share your experience!
Hi, OS problem here...
I purchased a Vaio FS-315B laptop a while back and it came with Windows XP Home but I would like to have Windows XP Professional installed. A clean-install doesn't work, does anybody know what would be the best way to upgrade to Windows XP Pro (if I remember correctly I think I tried an upgrade earlier but it didn't work either...problems with drivers, etc.)
Thanks for any help in advance
Hi
Welcome to the forum
This question gets asked at least once per week so have a search to see how people overcame it. As I understand it you need to save your original drivers before you run the upgrade because you have to re-install themwhen you install the XP version.
Welcome to the forum, Here is the correct wa]
it would seem that installing sp2 upgrades home to pro. when you boot there are yellow moving dots under the logo. with sp2 installed, this changes to blue as in professional.
sp2 is available from micro$haft in .iso image format that can be downloaded and burned to cd.
the main difference between the two is that xp pro has more security options, or so it is claimed.
LOL I was looking for the link to Jame's site. Clicked on the link you provided Mr B and when I got there there was a message saying I was banned! Odd really as I wasn't a member
Hi
Welcome to the forum
This question gets asked at least once per week so have a search to see how people overcame it. As I understand it you need to save your original drivers before you run the upgrade because you have to re-install themwhen you install the XP version.
As I posted on this forum before...
Do an UPGRADE from home to Pro and you will have less problems. A clean install is not recommended.
Even on this model (FS315B)? I thought I tried that a while back yet it gave me a problem after I was installing the upgrade and Set-up then required me to reboot the computer and restart (instead of continue) the installation after that...
On any Vaio...
Just a small reminder... the licence key is then no longer valid from the bottom...