what's the difference?

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I'm not exactly new to Windows XP, but what's the difference between Windows
XP and the Windows XP upgrade?

 

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Scooter_X wrote:
> I'm not exactly new to Windows XP, but what's the difference between
> Windows XP and the Windows XP upgrade?

The way the CD can be used thanks to a few numbers.

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For the upgrade, you can upgrade anything from 98 to Windows 2000 and/or XP Home if you purchase Pro. For a clean install, you must have a fully installable version of Win95 to Window 2000 (not a "recovery CD").

The full version of Windows XP will install, whether you have a qualifying upgrade product or not.

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"Scooter_X" <ScooterX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B20C7E74-2E37-47EB-AE29-CE720EF17726@microsoft.com...
> I'm not exactly new to Windows XP, but what's the difference between Windows
> XP and the Windows XP upgrade?

 

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"Scooter_X" wrote:

> I'm not exactly new to Windows XP, but what's the difference between Windows
> XP and the Windows XP upgrade?
The installed product is the same. The upgrade version requires priveiously
installed Windows programs, while the other requires no previous versions.

 

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"Chuck Davis" <ChuckDavis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| "Scooter_X" wrote:
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| > I'm not exactly new to Windows XP, but what's the difference between
Windows
| > XP and the Windows XP upgrade?
| The installed product is the same. The upgrade version requires
priveiously
| installed Windows programs, while the other requires no previous versions.

The version to be upgraded doesn't have to be installed.

 

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"Raymond J. Johnson Jr." <RayJay@nospam.org> wrote:


>The version to be upgraded doesn't have to be installed.
>

That depends. If the version to be upgraded is an OEM version that
only provides a "system recovery" CD or a separate "system recovery"
partition on the hard drive then it *must* be installed in order to be
upgraded.


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