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#1 User is offline   jamie 

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Posted 24 June 2002 - 02:09 PM

Can i load windows xp home edition over windows xp pro? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeze help!!! lguardjamie@ntlworld.com
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Posted 24 June 2002 - 02:29 PM

Why on earth would you want to? confused
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#3 User is offline   Cynan 

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Posted 24 June 2002 - 03:21 PM

Well if you had an /illegal/ key and were worried about your copy being deactivated as such, then you might go out and buy the cheapest copy you could find to replace it with (e.g. XP Home).

Afaik, you have to do a complete reinstall to go back to a lesser version.
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#4 User is offline   jamie 

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Posted 24 June 2002 - 08:02 PM

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Can i load windows xp home edition over windows xp pro? my backup file for my previous OS have some how been deleted, we need home edition because my brother plays games and most of then are not compatable with xp pro Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeze help!!! lguardjamie@ntlworld.com

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#5 User is offline   Cynan 

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Posted 24 June 2002 - 08:08 PM

Dude, its the same fricken O/S. If games work on Home, they'll work on Professional.
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#6 User is offline   jamie 

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Posted 26 June 2002 - 02:20 AM

My friend has win xp home and he can play "WARZONE 2100" but when i load it onto mine its comes up with, "NOT COMPATABLE WITH WINDOWS NT"!
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#7 User is offline   Cynan 

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Posted 26 June 2002 - 02:35 AM

...works for me...
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#8 User is offline   Uykucu 

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Posted 26 June 2002 - 12:07 PM

try the compatibility mode.
Trust me you don't wan't home edition.
Pro is bad enough!
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#9 User is offline   jamie 

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Posted 28 June 2002 - 12:24 PM

compatability mode? how do i do that please?
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#10 User is offline   Uykucu 

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Posted 29 June 2002 - 01:48 AM

Create a shortcut on your desktop to the file you wish to run.
Right click on it and choose properties. go to Compatibility mode tab.
I think you can figure out the rest!
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#11 User is offline   jdulmage 

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Posted 16 July 2002 - 11:49 AM

why is this in feedback?

If you are having gaming problems, my friend once told me that if you delete all of your windows dir, msdos.sys, etc. and all of that on the C:\ and then installed DOS and THEN Windows 2000 and THEN Solaris, and THEN XP (any version), it fixes all gaming problems.

Trust me...I am the best computer student in my whole student.

LOL!!!
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#12 User is offline   JP- 

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Posted 16 July 2002 - 12:40 PM

Also if you then format and install XP, any problems that you did have by installing every OS known to man (ie. none :D) will be fixed smile
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Posted 17 July 2002 - 01:03 AM

I think that has something to do with NOSMOKE.EXE
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