Inplace upgrade from Home to Pro

[Andrew Hodgson]

Hi,

I have a laptop with XP Home on it (preinstalled using recovery
disks). It contains all installed drivers, programs (eg Norton
Internet Security, DVD software etc).

I would like to upgrade to XP Professional so I can get the access to
the Windows Domain system.

I have a XP Professional license with a disk, however, it is an old
disk with no service packs.

I would like to know if it is possible to do an in-place upgrade of
the OS from home to professional and continue to keep the existing
drivers, applications etc intact?

Thanks.
Andrew.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

It appears your version of Windows XP Pro
does not include SP2. To resolve this issue,
you can easily make a new Windows XP Pro
CD with SP2 slipstreamed in, then upgrade.

Either one of the following utilities makes slipstreaming
(integrating) SP2 into Windows XP a breeze:

Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

or

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 (preferred)
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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:

| Hi,
|
| I have a laptop with XP Home on it (preinstalled using recovery
| disks). It contains all installed drivers, programs (eg Norton
| Internet Security, DVD software etc).
|
| I would like to upgrade to XP Professional so I can get the access to
| the Windows Domain system.
|
| I have a XP Professional license with a disk, however, it is an old
| disk with no service packs.
|
| I would like to know if it is possible to do an in-place upgrade of
| the OS from home to professional and continue to keep the existing
| drivers, applications etc intact?
|
| Thanks.
| Andrew.
| --
| Andrew Hodgson in Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK.
| My Email: use <andrew at hodgsonfamily dot org>.

 

[Jerry]

If the installed XP Home has been upgraded to SP1 or 2 and the old XP Pro CD
has no service packs then you will get an error message complaining about an
older version trying to upgrade a newer version.

If you have a CD burner you can download the XP SP2 update and slipstream it
with the original XP Pro CD to make a new XP Pro w/SP2 image you then use to
burn an XP Pro w/SP2 CD. Then the new CD can then be used to upgrade the
Home install. Go here http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=89 and
download AutoStreamer. It will get you through the process.

Or do a Google search on slipstreaming for additional info.

Jerry - from the Mojave Desert in Southern California

 

[Alan]

Hi,
the link to the download page is dead.