Too late to help, but for Next Time...it probably wasn't necessary to buy it again. I have a Dell refurb that had Mint on it, and after getting the Windows ISO Download Tool and making a bootable USB...

Thanks for these replies, I did not know that the TPM requirement was by-passable, my Dell having only TPM 1.2 installed. I also don't use the laptop's UEFI capability though maybe that too is a...

I am only here to extol the (many) virtues of Bree, who helped to assuage my fears in re: Activation, and to thank Brink for making the tutorial which went slick-as-a-whistle.

I made the upgrade...

Gosh Kari, I came from the perspective "how to upgrade my XP for free" but now that you've told me that doesn't work, this much easier approach to testing had sorta slipped my mind.

Two questions...

Ha! Of course! Thanks for explaining this "tiny detail"! ;)

I would still like to hear if others have successfully made this trip, because I would like to try it so I can know BEFORE I INVEST IN A...

I registered here because I have now an Intel Compute Stick with W10, but am posting because I'm wondering if this method can be used to upgrade a Windows XP Pro SP3 32-bit computer to Windows 10,...