Installing xp prof over xp

[George Tomsett]

I have a newer version of XP installed an am trying to install an older
version of XP pro. get the message, of course, of "newer version installed".
Is there away around this?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a newer version of XP installed an am trying to install an
older version of XP pro. get the message, of course, of "newer
version installed". Is there away around this?

If you are doing a clean install - boot with said CD, delete the partition,
create a new partiton and format/install.

If you are not doing a clean install - google for 'slipstream SP2 into
Windows XP CD' and/or 'autostreamer' and/or 'nlite'...

 

[Timothy Daniels]

I have a newer version of XP installed an am trying to install an
older version of XP pro. get the message, of course, of
"newer version installed".
Is there away around this?

Have you tried just going ahead and installing the "newer
version" of XP? The "newer version last" homily pertains to
the boot managers, and the boot manager (at least the
functions of the boot files) is the same for all members of the
NT family of windows, so it makes no difference which OS
is installed last - they're both NT OSes - and if the installer
"sees" the 1st OS when it is installing the 2nd OS, it will
configure the boot.ini file for dual booting, and it will name
the partition containing the 2nd OS something different from
the name of the partition for the 1st OS.

*TimDaniels*

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

I have a newer version of XP installed an am trying to install an older
version of XP pro. get the message, of course, of "newer version
installed". Is there away around this?

Uninstall SP2 or slipstream your older version to SP2

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
or http://tinyurl.com/5bobl

You may also like to look at nLite ( http://www.nliteos.com/index.html )
and especially RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack
(http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack.html)