Windows XP upgrade???

green67cuda said

not an expert, but I believe that since microsoft dropped 2000 so quickly and moved to xp, you probably won't find a 2000 specific upgrade. the box most likely only says 95/98/ME, because 2000 was there and gone so quick and they even dropped support for the OS.

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Windows 2000 is still fully supported by Microsoft with patches, security fixes, etc. Microsoft has always had two OS's, one for the home user and a professional OS. 95/98/ME/XP Home Edition is the home user path. NT3, NT4, 2000, XP Professional is the professional path. XP home and XP Professional share a lot of the core but the two systems are still quite different.

You won't be able to upgrade 2000 with an XP Home Edition CD. If you want Home Edition you will need a full version and do a clean install which will also require you to re-install most of your software. You can upgrade 2000 with an XP Professional upgrade.

Personally I see no reason to upgrade from 2000, other than the new look gui it doesn't buy you anything.

FWIW, it's been only in the past month or so here at work that the corporate core load has transitioned to XP Professional.