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Windows XP Professional / Netbooks
Taking brands out of consideration, are their any ways to install Windows XP Professional on a Netbook? We are struggling because our school would like to utilize these, but with Windows XP Home we lose central management. IE Group Policy, Accounts, etc.
Assistance would be appreciated!
Assistance would be appreciated!
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oh, sorry, re-read the question. You want it on NETbook, not NOTEbook.
scratch my post, doesnt apply
scratch my post, doesnt apply
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So by restricting this, is Microsoft saying no via licensing regulations or will it not install and they have some type of hardware / software block?
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I think this is solved:
XP Home was the only OS flavor supplied with NetBooks because of a restriction placed by Microsoft on manufacturers COAs
However:
There is no restriction on changing the O/S once the system is supplied provded the usual legal licencing applies
This could even be done by setting one device up and then ghosting the image over a newtork boot or even an RIS server.
I'd suggest rindi gets the accept for #24495813
and there are assists at #24495821, #24495891 (rindi again), #24495926 & #24496241
all @ 25 points
XP Home was the only OS flavor supplied with NetBooks because of a restriction placed by Microsoft on manufacturers COAs
However:
There is no restriction on changing the O/S once the system is supplied provded the usual legal licencing applies
This could even be done by setting one device up and then ghosting the image over a newtork boot or even an RIS server.
I'd suggest rindi gets the accept for #24495813
and there are assists at #24495821, #24495891 (rindi again), #24495926 & #24496241
all @ 25 points
unless you have VERY WEIRD laptops, you shouldnt have problem migrating from Home to Pro.
the way we did it: we had an agreement with MS, as an educational non-profit organization you are entitled for good discounts.
Get the xp disks, install it on one of the laptops, configure, update it.
Then take the image, and upload it on all other laptops.
assumption1: all laptop are the same model. If not, need to get 1 representative from the each pack
assumption2: you need some kind of ghosting software. Symantec ghost, LANDesk, Acronis, whateverelseyoucanthinkof.