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Free Upgrade From XP Home to XP Pro Lite

Posted by Zonk on from the think-these-things-through dept.

Novus writes "The Register reports that many of the features of Windows XP Pro, such as Remote Desktop and user management, can be enabled in Windows XP Home simply by changing two bytes in an installation data file. Another explanation can be found here."

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  1. Re:Why not just download XP Pro, its just as illeg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The EULA of Windows XP is not visible to the buyer before the sale, so it is not part of the contract in many countries. It's still borderline illegal, but the EULA has nothing at all to do with it.

  2. Re:Why not just download XP Pro, its just as illeg by m50d · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The EULA has no legal validity. As long as you don't violate the copyright (which you aren't, since the copy is transitory and for personal use only) or breaking any other laws, you can do what you like with the CD you own.

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  3. Re:Why not just download XP Pro, its just as illeg by Sparr0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I never understood how that decision worked... The makers of Bnetd never, necessarily, even bought/installed/played a Blizzard game.