Downgrading to XP Home?

[ncsailors]

Some months ago, I upgraded my PC's "XP HOME" OS, to "XP PROFESSIONAL" OS - by way of an organizational authorized "XP PROFESSIONAL" upgrade CD and associated key ( a legal purchase).

Now I am planning on replacing the MOTHERBOARD, CPU and Video
Board in this PC - and have a feeling it might be safer to downgrade
back to XP HOME, before I try to do a motherboard/cpu replacement
and the necessary "XP Repair" steps.

How do I downgrade back to XP HOME? I have both CD's - both
the original XP HOME I purchased at WMART, and also the upgrade
XP PROFESSIONAL CD (& Key).

Can it be done?

Fred
Spring Hill, FL
11/30

[glc]

No need, just do a repair reinstall with the XP Pro CD.

[ncsailors]

Except for some ellusive "professional IP" features, which I have yet
to see a need for at "home" - seemed like just reverting back to XP HOME,
would make life more simple, more standard. XP PRO offers no
"virus" or "scam" or "Scumware" features, I use Ad-Aware 6.x for some
of that. Last year I refused to pay Norton another "yearly fee" for
their anti-virus package ............. after I originally bought it! And a
good firewall - seems like smoke and mirrors.

I notice in Control Panel's "remove sw" startup - there is a "remove
XP" item ................. what would that remove? Could not find
"XP Pro" anywhere on list.

........still would feel better if I could revert back to XP HOME.

Fred

[rjfvillarosa]

If you are so determined to return to XP home, why not add a new hard drive to that list of hardware? You could install the new hard drive as a master and then install XP home on that, all fresh and new including a nice fresh install of SP2. Then just slave your old hard drive to the new one.
You do have the CD key for your copy of XP home?

[glc]

The repair reinstall will take you 5 minutes plus whatever it takes to reapply Windows updates and install new drivers - doesn't get any simpler than that.