Install Pro over Home

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Jørn Johansen

I have XP Home Edition on my brand new Dell computer. Want to install XP Pro
"over" it, but I get an message (in Norwegian, both OS' are norwegian) that
says Home Edition is newer than Pro so Pro can't be installed.
Is this because of SP2? What can i do?

-jojo-
 
Hi

You will need to make a slipstreamed SP2 CD:

You can download the SP2 file (266 MBs) from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en -
or if you have a copy of the SP2 CD, you can copy the xpsp2.exe file from
that CD onto your hard disk/partition and use that:

then follow the directions in the following article to create a slipstreamed
XP CD:

http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

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the dented said:
I have XP Home Edition on my brand new Dell computer. Want to install
XP Pro "over" it, but I get an message (in Norwegian, both OS' are
norwegian) that says Home Edition is newer than Pro so Pro can't be
installed.
Is this because of SP2? What can i do?
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Format, you complete retard.
 
Jørn Johansen said:
I have XP Home Edition on my brand new Dell computer. Want to install
XP Pro "over" it, but I get an message (in Norwegian, both OS' are
norwegian) that says Home Edition is newer than Pro so Pro can't be
installed. Is this because of SP2? What can i do?

-jojo-
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Or else uninstall SP2 before upgrading. Re-install it afterward.

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Jørn Johansen said:
I have XP Home Edition on my brand new Dell computer. Want to
install
XP Pro "over" it, but I get an message (in Norwegian, both OS'
are
norwegian) that says Home Edition is newer than Pro so Pro
can't be
installed. Is this because of SP2?
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Yes, it's because of SP2. Because you have SP2 installed, and
your XP Professional Upgrade CD is without it, it is an older
version than what's installed.

What can i do?
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You have two choices:



1. Uninstall SP2, do the upgrade, then reinstall SP2.

2. Create a slipstreamed version of XP Professional, including
SP2, and use it. See

http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7262
 
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