How to Convert XP Home to XP Pro

Converting your system from XP Home to XP Professional can be accomplished through the use of a simple registry hack. This hack will trick the computer into believing that it has an installation of XP Professional, as both operating systems use essentially identical files for many different features. This is a perfectly legal operation so long as you have a valid product key for WindowsXP, as you will not actually be obtaining any of the bonus features of Windows XP Pro.

·        Open the "Start" menu, click on the "Run" button, type in "regedit," and press "Enter."

·        Open the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" folder, open the "System" folder, open the "ControlSet00X" folder (the ControlSet folder with the highest number), open the "Control" folder," and open the "Product Options" folder

·        Click on the "ProductSuite" key and press "Delete."

·        Right click in the right-hand pane and select the option to create a "New" "DWORD."

·        Name the DWORD "Brand" and set it to a value of "0."

·        Reboot the computer to complete the change.