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More info?)
Sorry--I am working from home today so I don't have access to a pc running
XP Home to look up the documentation.
The upgrade from Home to Pro is the easiest of the upgrade paths since they
are based off the same code. Simply purchase an XP pro upgrade disk, back up
any critical data (just in case something goes splat), disable any AV
running, then perform the upgrade from within windows.
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Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
"Mikek13" <Mikek13@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E2A6439F-CBAA-4A1B-9FA8-D60CF4838A3E@microsoft.com...
> Larry - thanks for this - that would explain it. Where, in the
> documentation
> I've easily got access too, is this explained? Am I looking in the wrong
> places?
>
> As a side issue, is there an update route from XP Home to Professional?
> Home came bundled with PC... but it's not right for my home network.
>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
> M
>
> "Larry Samuels" wrote:
>
>> The Administrator account is hidden and locked in XP Home. It is only
>> accessible in Safe Mode.
>>
>> --
>> Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
>>
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
>> "Mikek13" <Mikek13@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8B044D2C-8212-4BDC-9EF3-2A8D483A2ED7@microsoft.com...
>> > Dear Im - you might be right... but it doesn't seem so. I'm familiar
>> > with
>> > XP
>> > Pro and Win2k and in both of these I can do as you say... but there is
>> > no
>> > Administrator account shown in the Users applet. But if I try and log
>> > in
>> > as
>> > administrator with no password I get a box that says "account
>> > restrictions
>> > are preventing log on " or somethign like that, whilst if I try a
>> > password
>> > (and bear in mind I don't know it) I get the more standard "the system
>> > could
>> > not log you on".
>> >
>> > There's clearly more to this....
>> >
>> > "lm" wrote:
>> >
>> >> If you are able to create new account with admin rights, you can edit
>> >> or
>> >> remove the pre-installed acount.
>> >>
>> >> "Mikek13" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > got a new HP Pavilion PC preloaded with XP Home. Only one account
>> >> > on
>> >> > it, and
>> >> > this has admin rights. I suspect that an Administrator account
>> >> > exists,
>> >> > because I can't create one... nor can I log in as it must have
>> >> > password
>> >> > set
>> >> > and I don't know what it is. I suppose the only way to find out
>> >> > what
>> >> > this is
>> >> > is to go back to the retailer/maufacturer who installed it?
>> >> >
>> >> > Also, this original preloaded account I have now downgraded to
>> >> > limited,
>> >> > and
>> >> > create other accoutns with Admin rights... but these new accounts
>> >> > with
>> >> > admin
>> >> > rights can not open all the files... ie those that belong to the
>> >> > original
>> >> > user.. the one wiht admin rights that I've now downgraded.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is this normal for XP Home? Is there a resource somwhere that
>> >> > explains
>> >> > all
>> >> > this?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>>
>>
>>