Switching to Windows XP Pro SP1 from Win XP Home SP2

[Cammyster]

I have an old dell latitude cpi, and I just recently installed Windows
XP Home Edition with SP2

The system is now running on XP's trial version because I have not
confirmed the product key as legit. I need to upgrade (or downgrade for
that matter) to Windows XP Pro with SP1. The system currently won't let
me, because the Service Pack on the version I want to install is
(obviously) older than the current.

Please post any advice you can.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

To resolve your 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

Enjoy all the benefits of genuine Microsoft software:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.mspx

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| I have an old dell latitude cpi, and I just recently installed Windows
| XP Home Edition with SP2
|
| The system is now running on XP's trial version because I have not
| confirmed the product key as legit. I need to upgrade (or downgrade for
| that matter) to Windows XP Pro with SP1. The system currently won't let
| me, because the Service Pack on the version I want to install is
| (obviously) older than the current.
|
| Please post any advice you can.

 

[Og]

I have an old dell latitude cpi, and I just recently installed Windows
XP Home Edition with SP2

The system is now running on XP's trial version because I have not
confirmed the product key as legit. I need to upgrade (or downgrade for
that matter) to Windows XP Pro with SP1. The system currently won't let
me, because the Service Pack on the version I want to install is
(obviously) older than the current.

Please post any advice you can.

There is no such thing as a Windows XP "Trial Version" with SP2.
All so-called "Trial Versions" were BETA releases and were, perforce, much
older than any Service Pack.
Steve

 

[Cammyster]

Thank you for your help, I'm making that cd with SP2 intigrated right
now. I hope it works.

And to the guy who said there's no such thing as a trial version of
windows, let me explain to you that there is, for further refrence:

when you install a version of windows XP onto your system, it asks for
a verification code or a Product Key. After you install the OS, you are
asked to check the key with an associate over the phone or on the
internet. This is a security feature used to make Microsoft more money
by charging you every time you install XP on a computer, if the key
comes back saying it was used on another computer, you cannot verify
the key without paying the price for the software, and therefore XP
stays in Trial Mode. This is also true if you don't verify the key at
all. My computer is currently running in the Trial Mode, because the
Home Edition CD has already been used once on another computer.

 

[Gordon]

Thank you for your help, I'm making that cd with SP2 intigrated right
now. I hope it works.

And to the guy who said there's no such thing as a trial version of
windows, let me explain to you that there is, for further refrence:

when you install a version of windows XP onto your system, it asks for
a verification code or a Product Key. After you install the OS, you are
asked to check the key with an associate over the phone or on the
internet. This is a security feature used to make Microsoft more money
by charging you every time you install XP on a computer, if the key
comes back saying it was used on another computer, you cannot verify
the key without paying the price for the software, and therefore XP
stays in Trial Mode. This is also true if you don't verify the key at
all. My computer is currently running in the Trial Mode, because the
Home Edition CD has already been used once on another computer.

There still is NO "trial" version of XP. What you have is an illegal,
un-activated version. Not a "trial" mode"

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

There is no such thing as "trial version" of Windows XP.
If you think that is what you have until it is activated, you are mistaken.
Or perhaps you could point to a source that references "trial version" when
a computer is not activated.
Some use the time between activation and install as a trial period, but that
does not make it a trial period.
If you do not Activate within 15 days, IIRC, Windows will cease to fully
function.

Also Microsoft does not make money "by charging you every time you install
XP on a computer"
You can reinstall and activate Windows an unlimited number of times on the
same computer without additional cost.

You do not say if your Windows XP Home is retail or OEM, very relevant if
you are moving to another computer.
OEM is normally permanently tied to the original computer regardless the
condition of the original computer.
Retail can be moved, without payment to Microsoft, to any computer as often
as you want as long as it is installed on only one computer at a time.
Read your EULA for details.

And yet more of your terminology is incorrect "verify the key".
Are you referring to Activation?


Read here for the facts on Activation:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

And to the guy who said there's no such thing as a trial version of
windows, let me explain to you that there is, for further refrence:

You are mistaken. There is not. See below.

when you install a version of windows XP onto your system, it asks for
a verification code or a Product Key.

Yes, that's called Windows Product Activation. Read about it here:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

After you install the OS, you
are asked to check the key with an associate over the phone or on the
internet.

Activation normally proceeds over the internet without a problem. Telephone
activation is required only in special cases (see the article referenced
above).

This is a security feature used to make Microsoft more money
by charging you every time you install XP on a computer,

Nonsense! You can reinstall Windows as often as you need or want to, and
there is no charge for doing so.

What you can not do is install a single copy on multiple computers, but
there's nothing new about that--it's been the rule on every version of
Windows since 3.1, and it's also true of almost every other piece of
commercial software made by any software vendor.

if the key
comes back saying it was used on another computer, you cannot verify
the key without paying the price for the software, and therefore XP
stays in Trial Mode. This is also true if you don't verify the key at
all. My computer is currently running in the Trial Mode, because the
Home Edition CD has already been used once on another computer.

No, there is no such thing as "Trial Mode." What you are referring to is
called "Safe Mode." It's used in this case, but its primary purpose is to
load Windows without extra drivers, startup programs, etc, for
troubleshooting purposes.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Ken;
I did not think about Safe Mode, but I am sure that is what the OP is
thinking.
I thought hew was referring to the inactivated state within the 15 day
period.
Now the post makes more sense to me.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Ken;
I did not think about Safe Mode, but I am sure that is what the OP is
thinking.
I thought hew was referring to the inactivated state within the 15 day
period.
Now the post makes more sense to me.

Yes. He's clearly been confused, and had a number of wrong impressions, but
I hope that you and I have helped clarify things for him.