I am running on a not so legal copy of xp and am sick of it. I just want a legitimate copy. Imagine that. Can I purchase the upgrade version of xp pro or will i need to purchase the full xp pro? I know i'm a bastard for using an illegal copy of xp so i don't need to hear about it below. but i'm sure i will. so flame on if you must.

3/1/2008 11:53:54 PM

I wont flame you for pirating software, but I will flame you for asking an absolutely retarded question.

This question can be answered with simple common sense. Unfortunately common sense isn't so common, I guess.

If you have a legal copy of a previous version of windows, then you can legally upgrade it with the xp upgrade. If you don't own a legal copy of a previous version...well then guess what?

Also I'll flame you for not using google.

http://www.google.com/search?q=upgrade+xp+version

first result:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/xp_upgrade_paths.htm

FYI: you can use a pirated copy of a previous version of windows to install the upgrade of XP, however that puts you in the same moral boat as if you would have just pirated the whole OS in the first place.

3/2/2008 12:27:15 AM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116400

3/2/2008 1:30:44 AM

http://msdn.e-academy.com/elms/Storefront/Home.aspx?campus=ncsu_cs

find some friend in CS department, get any Microsoft OS for free....profit!

3/2/2008 8:00:28 AM

not to be a dick but since you are being a dick ^^^ that is not the first result and also it does not answer the question i asked at all. It says if you are not eligible for an upgrade. What makes you not eligible. Based on the previous information if seems to be only implying you are not eligible based on what you are attempting to upgrade from. So yeah

[Edited on March 2, 2008 at 12:14 PM. Reason : ]

3/2/2008 12:13:40 PM

Are you high, or just retarded?

I read that six times and I still can't make heads or tails of what the fuck you're trying to say.

3/2/2008 1:30:38 PM

IF YOU HAVE A FUCKING LEGIT VERSION OF WINDOWS, YOU CAN UPGRADE TO XP

IF YOU DON'T, THEN THERE'S NOTHING TO UPGRADE FROM

MEANING YOU NEED THE COMPLETE VERSION

COMPRENDE??

3/2/2008 1:32:38 PM

OMF, LOGIC!

My head just exploded.

3/2/2008 1:33:55 PM

I need a nap, conveying that much logic with such big words wore me out

and god damn it was complicated

3/2/2008 1:42:50 PM

I'm gonna go into The Garage and make a similar thread.

Hey guys, I have a vehicle with no tires. It might be a car and it might be a motorcycle, I'm not gonna tell you which one.

How many tires do I need?

3/2/2008 1:44:41 PM

lolz

3/2/2008 1:45:27 PM

Quote :

"find some friend in CS department, that know how to use the fucking internet get any Microsoft OS for free....profit!"

3/2/2008 7:19:51 PM

Quote :

"find some friend in CS department, get any Microsoft OS for free....profit!"

this is also illegal, as only the msdnaa user is licensed to use the software

3/2/2008 9:15:29 PM

BTW, Microsoft is planning on terminating all OEM/retail sales as of June 30, 2008, so get your legit XP copies of it now if you want it.

3/3/2008 1:13:11 PM

^^
so you mean if i install it on pc which is used by my parents/sister/friends, it is illegal?

damn!!

3/3/2008 4:03:10 PM

^if you own the PC and it's the only MSDNAA version of XP you've used or is installed, then it's fine.

if you have more than one MSDNAA version of XP installed on multiple computers I'd imagine that it's illegal, it's for STUDENTS only, that's the POINT of MSDNAA, it's not so you can give your parents free XP

3/3/2008 6:58:41 PM