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Upgrading to Pro

  • 21-07-2005 5:41pm
    #1
    LastIrishMonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 630 ✭✭✭


    Hello i have an Hp Pavillion Notebook ze4410ea, but just wondering i have xp home on it would it be a good idea / bad idea to upgrade to xp pro just threw the cd upgrade or should i fresh install xp pro but i was wondering also would there be problems with drivers and such

    any help would be most greatful thanks

    Hp Pavillion ze4410ea
    xp home
    1.8ghz Mobile Amd AthlonXP
    512gig ram
    Radeon Mobile
    all the usual etcs :D


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  • #2
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    you may have probs with drivers. Usually you can work around this by probing the hardware and going directly to the manufacturer's (of the component) website.

    TBH, unless you plan encrypting your files or joining a network domain. XP Pro has little advantage other than those. It does however, have a shed load of extra services that may help hog your resources even more!


  • #3
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    LastIrishMonkey wrote:
    Hello i have an Hp Pavillion Notebook ze4410ea, but just wondering i have xp home on it would it be a good idea / bad idea to upgrade to xp pro just threw the cd upgrade or should i fresh install xp pro but i was wondering also would there be problems with drivers and such

    any help would be most greatful thanks

    Hp Pavillion ze4410ea
    xp home
    1.8ghz Mobile Amd AthlonXP
    512gig ram
    Radeon Mobile
    all the usual etcs :D

    For anyone who is confused: The upgrade version actually includes the full version but the 'reduced' price recognises that you have already paid for previous products. The upgrade version checks for an installed version before it will progress to an install. If you want to do a fresh install why not check for all the necessary updated drivers and either download them to another partition or to say a USB drive. Dont forget that XP includes a lot of drivers anyways. If you visit www.drivershq.com it will give you an idea of what drivers you will need to look out for in case you dont know already and
    here lists the differences between the two versions and a google search gives lots of other sites too.


  • #4
    timeout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 919 ✭✭✭timeout


    If its still under warranty it would be a bad idea as your manufacturer will only support the original operating system supplied, as mentioned above there is little extra and it dose hog more resources.


  • #5
    Blub2k4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,733 ✭✭✭Blub2k4


    I'd disagree that there is little extra involved with Pro, I think there is a lot extra with it, but in any case if you dont know why you specifically want to upgrade then I'd almost leave it.


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