XP Home OEM (SP2)

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I’ve been told that this version can also be used as an upgrade to an existing ME system. Is this true?

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Yes, but you’d be much, much better off doing a clean installation of XP SP2 than an overlay. Windows ME wasn’t exactly known for its stability.

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I agree completely but in this case there are several programs installed that the user needs but no longer has the program disks.
Thank you for your reply.

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Depends on how the OEM version was acquired. OEM vendors such as Dell, HP, etc. tie the OEM OS to a particular machine. In this case you’ll not be able to use it on another PC. You should be OK if it was acquired as part of a hardware upgrade of some sort.

Just be sure to back up the machine before starting the upgrade process.

Joe

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Thanks for the info, Joe. It is part of an OEM hardware upgrade.

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