upgrading from evaluation copy of XP

I just got off the phone with MS and I am not happy. I have spent the day (and most of last night) working through all of the device specific upgrade issues of going from Win ME to Win XP. I used a 120 day eval copy I got from an MS Event, mostly because I was in a hurry to get XP loaded. Now MS tells me that I can't just decide to buy XP and upgrade from the eval copy. I have to uninstall the eval copy (and all of the new drivers/patches/etc.) and upgrade from ME. Does anyone know a way around this?

 

Hi alwitnohumor
Welcome to the boards!
Sorry for your frustration. I've done a quick search to see if I could find you a work around.....but I've not been successful either.

Daizy

*edit*
Well shoot. this confuses me?
Then this?

 

Spoke too soon.
Found this

 

Thank You!!

Daizy, thanks very much for the research help. I wasn't able to find anything -- you must be a better googler than me. I sure appreciate your reply! I have not purchased the upgrade yet, but should have it by the end of next week. I will post my results then. As for the village idiot comment, you're tops in my book!

Al

 

Well thank you. (I think)

 

Post-Note:

I just finished upgrading from my evaluation copy of XP to the full-version of XP-Pro, using an upgrade edition. I encountered no problems with the upgrade. Obviously, the check to see if I owned a valid OS before allowing the upgrade, found the evidence of Win ME and I got the green light. The upgrade edition I used was an ACADemic edition and I did have to do a registry hack with MS to get my PPPoE working, but that had nothing to do with the fact that I was currently running an evaluation edition of XP. Whew, am I glad I didn't have to go back to ME before upgrading.

Al

 

That's wonderful news Al
Thanks so much for taking the time to post back and let us know you got it sorted!

Daizy