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Old November 9th, 2006, 06:25 AM
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XP Pro to XP Home

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Is it possible to go back to XP Home from XP Pro without reformatting.

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Old November 9th, 2006, 01:52 PM
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I don't know, it's a highly unusual move. My guess is you'll have problems.
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I don't know, it's a highly unusual move. My guess is you'll have problems.



Thanks Doug

I thought so too

The problem is I mistakenly upgraded the wrong PC from Home to Pro because I needed to use it with a secure VPN.

Having upgraded I did not loose any of the PC's settings. So now I have a PC with all the correct settings but with the wrong Windows XP version.

This why I need to roll back

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I guess you can always give it a try, but have a good complete backup first. Besides some of the XP Pro only programs like IIS, there are also differences in the file security model that I'd expect to give problems after a "downgrade".

XP has a wizard that supposedly transfers settings but I've never used it.

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Is it impossible? No.

Would I recommend it? No.

Since the two use different kernel versions, I would recommend formatting rather than performing an overlay install. You're bound to end up with glitches.
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