Hello

   I would like to transfer  Windows XP Home Edition SP1 from P4 computer to P111 computer and install the Windows XP Home Edition SP2 just purchased in the P4 computer. Is this alright or will it be a big hassle?
Thanks
harleyFirst thing to do: backup everything important (backup on another media, not on the same harddisk).
If it will be a hassle? It depends on the important data, applications or settings. There may be incompatibilities with the hardware, I don't know, but there may appear problems.
Question: what do you mean by "transferring xp home on another computer"?


P.S. I don't know what is a P111 computer.Viking

   Thanks for your reply.  Sorry for not explaining my question better , but when its comes to computers i am as dumb as thet come.
I got a old computer with a Intel Pentuim 3 PROCESSER (CPU) in it , and i have a newer computer with a Intel Pentuim 4 processer (CPU) in it .
I have a retail full version Windows XP Home Edition sp1a in my newer computer and i want to put it on the old computer and activate it , then put a new Windows Home Edition sp2 on the new computer?
Shoot , help me out if you can , if you can not understand what i mean i can understand that to.
Thanks
harley
So you have an older Pentium 3 and a newer Pentium 4. I don't understand why don't you just install Service Pack 2 over the Windows XP Home (Service Pack 1) which you say it's on the Pentium 4. PAY attention, I speak only about installing Service Pack 2 over the installed Windows XP Home (with Service Pack 1 already applied to it). Why do you have to "switch" those 2 Windows XP Home Editions, when we are talking about the same product, with the sole exception of an update? You may freely install Service Pack 2 over any Windows XP products, without any additional costs.

(My assumptions, based on what you wrote:

1 computer with a Intel Pentium 3 processor; Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack ?

1 computer with a Intel Pentium 4 processor; Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1, on which you want to install = update a Service Pack 2).

If I were you, I would install Service Pack 2 on both computers. If you own Windows legally (both copies), you won't pay any additional fee. EXCEPT maybe the disc which you will use to install Service Pack. Advice: if you don't have a strong connection to internet, do not install Service Pack 2 from Microsoft site. Search for a CD with SP 2. Or do you have one already?Viking

  Thanks i didnt know that they were the same.  i got windows xp home upgrade on the PENT.3 now and i got windows xp home sp1a  with sp2 installed on the pent.4 now. and i got one new windows xp home sp2 that hasnt been opened yet and i have a sp2 on cd-rom.  So if i put the new windows xp home sp2 on the old pent.3 it will be excatly the same as the windows xp home sp1a with the sp2 that i have on my newer pent 4 computer?
thanks again
harleyYes, if you install service pack 2 you will have the same thing (Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2) on both computers.