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From Leo's mailbag:

> From: A Computer User
> Sent: June 24, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: how best to upgrade windows?
>
> Leo,

> I have a dell inspiron 700m which came with windows xp home
> edition. But due to the req at school I need to upgrade to
> windows xp pro veriosn. What is the best way to go about
> that. Should I buy the full retail veriosn, OEM version, or
> upgrade version. And If I do use the upgrade version how
> would I authentic my previous windows because my dell did not
> come with any windows xp cd. Any help in this matter will be
> greatly appreciated.

You should just be able to just use an upgrade version. It
should validate against the version that's installed on your
machine.

Thanks for asking,

Leo

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