Upgrading XP Home to XP Pro on a NetBook

ITcat New user 3 posts Posted: 16/09/2009 2:09 PM

Hi, XP Home cannot log on to a DOMAIN. I have an ASUS NetBook 1000HE that I'd like to use in a DOMAIN LAN environment. I can see all network printers and computers from MY NETWORK PLACES on the ASUS running XP Home. I have access to an XP Pro with SP3 CD and would like to map (on the ASUS PC) a shared CD/DVD draw from a PC I can see and upgrade it to XP Pro that way (in order to add it to a domain)? I realise I could also connect an external optical drive to it and do it that way but don't have 1 at the moment. Does anyone see any problems I could have with this technique OR with the ASUS 1000HE running XP PRO? The 1000HE is capable of running 2 GB RAM and I'll be upgrading it from it's 1 GB as well. Does anyone have another way of doing this? Thank You

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gankul Cornerstone member 44 posts Posted: 16/09/2009 3:09 PM	from memory, I did not think you could upgrade from home to Pro, but that could be faulty memory. :) The comp will run it, i recommend jsut getting an external DVD drive and booting to that rather then accross the network. You will have no problems with drivers. *EDIT* I was wrong, you can upgrade from home to pro. You should have not problems doing it accross the network drive then. :)
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ITcat New user 3 posts Posted: 18/09/2009 10:09 AM	Hi gankul - Thanks for the post. I attached an old IBM X20 external drive to the ASUS and it upgraded to XP Pro perfectly well and I'm on the domain. Cheers.
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