....know if I can upgrade to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition? Is this even
possible? If it is, could you point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance

Nick

When the new Vista operating system becomes available for retail sales early
next year, yes, Nick. Otherwise, the present Windows XP SP2 and Tablet PC
Edition 2005 is not available off-the-shelf.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"NIck" <NIck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1BC82B65-618D-4BE4-9216-7D3617DAF926@microsoft.com...
> ...know if I can upgrade to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition? Is this even
> possible? If it is, could you point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Nick

The place I work for has a licensing agreement with Microsoft, so I'm not
looking for something "off-the-shelf" per-se, I was curious to know if it was
possible to take a tablet PC running Windows XP Pro and update to running
Windows XP Tablet Edition?

I apologize if I'm not making sense

Nick

"Chris H." wrote:

> When the new Vista operating system becomes available for retail sales early
> next year, yes, Nick. Otherwise, the present Windows XP SP2 and Tablet PC
> Edition 2005 is not available off-the-shelf.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
> "NIck" <NIck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1BC82B65-618D-4BE4-9216-7D3617DAF926@microsoft.com...
> > ...know if I can upgrade to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition? Is this even
> > possible? If it is, could you point me in the right direction?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Nick
>
>
>

In article <1BC82B65-618D-4BE4-9216-7D3617DAF926@microsoft.com>,
NIck@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> ...know if I can upgrade to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition? Is this even
> possible? If it is, could you point me in the right direction?

I see this old question is rearing it's ugly head again. If your "Tablet
PC" did not come with the Tablet PC edition then it is most likely NOT a
true Tablet PC. A couple of years ago many manufacturers sold laptops
with touch screens as "Tablet PCs" even though they did not meet the
requirements to do so. This caused much confusion and debate.

If your "Tablet PC" is truly a Tablet PC then where the heck is the
original install software? If you don't have it or can't get it for your
SPECIFIC machine then you are basically out of luck. Sure some people
have been able to install Win XP TPC edition on other machines using the
MSDN disks but that is more expensive than two brand new tablet PC's. I
can almost guarantee you that if your machine is not a true Tablet PC
then you will NOT be able to get hardly any of the special features like
inking to work.

Though I cannot anticipate all of your questions; If your machine is - as
I suspect - not a true Tablet PC then I can tell you right now that the
answer to almost all of them will be, "No." Sorry.

NIck shared these words of wisdom:

> The place I work for has a licensing agreement with Microsoft, so
> I'm not looking for something "off-the-shelf" per-se, I was curious
> to know if it was possible to take a tablet PC running Windows XP
> Pro and update to running Windows XP Tablet Edition?

It's *technically* possible.
But it depends on (a) whether or not your employer has the licence
included in its licence scheme and (b) the IT department has the
medium (CD) available.

Rainald

Grant answered already, but if the "tablet pc" you have didn't originally
come from the manufacturer with the Tablet PC Edition installed, it probably
is not a Tablet PC as we support in this newsgroup. What is the computer?
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"NIck" <NIck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:55CEB86D-6AF9-4A0A-B44E-0DB9D0F4A21D@microsoft.com...
> The place I work for has a licensing agreement with Microsoft, so I'm not
> looking for something "off-the-shelf" per-se, I was curious to know if it
> was
> possible to take a tablet PC running Windows XP Pro and update to running
> Windows XP Tablet Edition?
>
> I apologize if I'm not making sense
>
> Nick
>
> "Chris H." wrote:
>
>> When the new Vista operating system becomes available for retail sales
>> early
>> next year, yes, Nick. Otherwise, the present Windows XP SP2 and Tablet
>> PC
>> Edition 2005 is not available off-the-shelf.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "NIck" <NIck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1BC82B65-618D-4BE4-9216-7D3617DAF926@microsoft.com...
>> > ...know if I can upgrade to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition? Is this even
>> > possible? If it is, could you point me in the right direction?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> > Nick
>>
>>
>>

You'd have to do a clean install. Windows XP Pro to Windows XP Tablet PC
Edition is not a supported upgrade path (for so many reasons).

--
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"NIck" <NIck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:55CEB86D-6AF9-4A0A-B44E-0DB9D0F4A21D@microsoft.com...
> The place I work for has a licensing agreement with Microsoft, so I'm not
> looking for something "off-the-shelf" per-se, I was curious to know if it
> was
> possible to take a tablet PC running Windows XP Pro and update to running
> Windows XP Tablet Edition?
>
> I apologize if I'm not making sense
>
> Nick
>
> "Chris H." wrote:
>
>> When the new Vista operating system becomes available for retail sales
>> early
>> next year, yes, Nick. Otherwise, the present Windows XP SP2 and Tablet
>> PC
>> Edition 2005 is not available off-the-shelf.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "NIck" <NIck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1BC82B65-618D-4BE4-9216-7D3617DAF926@microsoft.com...
>> > ...know if I can upgrade to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition? Is this even
>> > possible? If it is, could you point me in the right direction?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> > Nick
>>
>>
>>

Some, like the Fujitsu 1510D, were offered with both XP Pro and Tablet PC
options.

Also, the requirements are out the window with Vista since any computer can
be a "tablet pc". It just comes down to having a better experience with an
active digitizer or touchscreen with a HID driver.

--
Josh Einstein / Tablet PC MVP
Einstein Technologies, LLC
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"Grant Robertson" <BOGUS@BOGUS.com> wrote in message
news:OFjsnyVGHHA.3540@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> In article <1BC82B65-618D-4BE4-9216-7D3617DAF926@microsoft.com>,
> NIck@discussions.microsoft.com says...
>> ...know if I can upgrade to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition? Is this even
>> possible? If it is, could you point me in the right direction?
>
> I see this old question is rearing it's ugly head again. If your "Tablet
> PC" did not come with the Tablet PC edition then it is most likely NOT a
> true Tablet PC. A couple of years ago many manufacturers sold laptops
> with touch screens as "Tablet PCs" even though they did not meet the
> requirements to do so. This caused much confusion and debate.
>
> If your "Tablet PC" is truly a Tablet PC then where the heck is the
> original install software? If you don't have it or can't get it for your
> SPECIFIC machine then you are basically out of luck. Sure some people
> have been able to install Win XP TPC edition on other machines using the
> MSDN disks but that is more expensive than two brand new tablet PC's. I
> can almost guarantee you that if your machine is not a true Tablet PC
> then you will NOT be able to get hardly any of the special features like
> inking to work.
>
> Though I cannot anticipate all of your questions; If your machine is - as
> I suspect - not a true Tablet PC then I can tell you right now that the
> answer to almost all of them will be, "No." Sorry.

In article <38188E2F-8A34-4BA2-84AB-F91B818779F2@microsoft.com>,
josheinstein********.com says...
> Also, the requirements are out the window with Vista since any computer can
> be a "tablet pc". It just comes down to having a better experience with an
> active digitizer or touchscreen with a HID driver.

That's good to know. Now I won't have to mark all those threads about
"using a separate Wacom digitizing tablet to try to simulate a Tablet PC
on a desktop" to be ignored.

I think you can, as long as your tablet PC meet the minimum requirements of the Edition you wanted to. Try to look the requirements in googgle.

Windows XP SP2 and the Tablet PC Edition 2005 is not available through
retail channels, and comes pre-installed on a Tablet PC from the
manufacturer. Therefore, there is no media available to the general public
to "upgrade." If a computer is a Tablet PC as supported in this newsgroup,
the manufacturer would have the media and/or supplied a method of creating
the recovery media.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"aima123" <bbay_trix******.com> wrote in message
news:aima123.2ig5xk@no-mx.tabletquestions.com...
>
> NIck;24408 Wrote:
>> ....know if I can upgrade to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition? Is this
>> even
>> possible? If it is, could you point me in the right direction?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Nick
>
> I think you can, as long as your tablet PC meet the minimum
> requirements of the Edition you wanted to. Try to look the
> requirements in googgle.
>
>
> --
> aima123
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> aima123's Profile: http://www.tabletquestions.com/member.php?userid=3348
> View this thread: http://www.tabletquestions.com/showthread.php?t=6408
>

What if I don't want to use the OS version that shipped from the manufacturer?

The manufacturer version comes with lots of utils that I don't need in my
production environment, and it look cleaner to me to create an image from
windows XP Professional than from the customized version of my Tablet PC
manufacturer.

I just can't believe this isn't possible...

G.

"Chris H." wrote:

> Windows XP SP2 and the Tablet PC Edition 2005 is not available through
> retail channels, and comes pre-installed on a Tablet PC from the
> manufacturer. Therefore, there is no media available to the general public
> to "upgrade." If a computer is a Tablet PC as supported in this newsgroup,
> the manufacturer would have the media and/or supplied a method of creating
> the recovery media.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
> "aima123" <bbay_trix******.com> wrote in message
> news:aima123.2ig5xk@no-mx.tabletquestions.com...
> >
> > NIck;24408 Wrote:
> >> ....know if I can upgrade to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition? Is this
> >> even
> >> possible? If it is, could you point me in the right direction?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
> >>
> >> Nick
> >
> > I think you can, as long as your tablet PC meet the minimum
> > requirements of the Edition you wanted to. Try to look the
> > requirements in googgle.
> >
> >
> > --
> > aima123
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > aima123's Profile: http://www.tabletquestions.com/member.php?userid=3348
> > View this thread: http://www.tabletquestions.com/showthread.php?t=6408
> >
>
>
>

I'm sorry, but Microsoft decided the Tablet PC Edition (since 2002) would be
available to the public on approved hardware meeting very rigid
restrictions, such as the sampling rate of the digitizer, etc., and it is
only available to the public on those machines. Vista will be available
off-the-shelf, and contain both Tablet PC and Media Center Edition bits.

In the meantime, do as I do: Uninstall the extra garbage, then use a
program like Acronis True Image (or similar) and make an image to be stored
on a partition on the same machine or one of your networked machines. You
can have all the programs you normally use installed and set up, and if
something goes wrong it only takes about 11 minutes to restore the full
system back to something you know is solid.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Guille" <Guille@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C35B28FD-4374-49A2-B4A7-8A5ABE7567AE@microsoft.com...
> What if I don't want to use the OS version that shipped from the
> manufacturer?
>
> The manufacturer version comes with lots of utils that I don't need in my
> production environment, and it look cleaner to me to create an image from
> windows XP Professional than from the customized version of my Tablet PC
> manufacturer.
>
> I just can't believe this isn't possible...
>
> G.
>
> "Chris H." wrote:
>
>> Windows XP SP2 and the Tablet PC Edition 2005 is not available through
>> retail channels, and comes pre-installed on a Tablet PC from the
>> manufacturer. Therefore, there is no media available to the general
>> public
>> to "upgrade." If a computer is a Tablet PC as supported in this
>> newsgroup,
>> the manufacturer would have the media and/or supplied a method of
>> creating
>> the recovery media.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "aima123" <bbay_trix******.com> wrote in message
>> news:aima123.2ig5xk@no-mx.tabletquestions.com...
>> >
>> > NIck;24408 Wrote:
>> >> ....know if I can upgrade to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition? Is this
>> >> even
>> >> possible? If it is, could you point me in the right direction?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance
>> >>
>> >> Nick
>> >
>> > I think you can, as long as your tablet PC meet the minimum
>> > requirements of the Edition you wanted to. Try to look the
>> > requirements in googgle.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > aima123
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > aima123's Profile:
>> > http://www.tabletquestions.com/member.php?userid=3348
>> > View this thread: http://www.tabletquestions.com/showthread.php?t=6408
>> >
>>
>>
>>

In article <C35B28FD-4374-49A2-B4A7-8A5ABE7567AE@microsoft.com>,
Guille@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> What if I don't want to use the OS version that shipped from the manufacturer?
>
> The manufacturer version comes with lots of utils that I don't need in my
> production environment, and it look cleaner to me to create an image from
> windows XP Professional than from the customized version of my Tablet PC
> manufacturer.

If the cab files are on the disk from the manufacturer of your Tablet PC
then just copy them and their entire I386 folder to a separate disk and
install from that. If there is a separate folder called "CMPNENTS" you
will need to copy that too. You install it using the standard winnt.exe
in the I386 folder. If the files aren't on your setup disks then they
will probably be on your hard drive. If you reformatted your drive
already then just redo the manufacturer's install or EZ-Restore and then
get the files off onto a CD or separate partition and go from there.