Change Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP Pro

1. Copy the root directory and the i386 directory of the WindowsXP CD to your harddisk.
2. Extract the Bootsector of your WindowsXP CD.
3. Change 2 Bytes in i386\Setupreg.hiv :
   1. Open Regedit.
   2. Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
   3. Menu: File -> Load Structure -> i386\Setupreg.hiv
   4. Assign an arbitrary name to the imported structure e.g. “Homekey”.
   5. Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Homekey\ControlSet001\Services\setupdd.
   6. Edit the binary key “default” and change “01” to “00” and “02” to “00”.
   7. Highlight “Homekey” and select menu: File -> unload structure.
4. Burn your new XP Pro CD.
5. Install WindowsXP as usual. Your XP Home Key will work.

Note
You cannot apply SP2 to such a WindowsXP Pro, so step 3.2 might be to integrate SP2 in your Installation CD.