Upgrade of Win-XP-home to XP-Pro

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I have a Compaq computer with win-xp-home (SP2) on it.
I also have a Win-XP-Pro (SP1) CD which I bought with an ASUS upgrade
motherboard.
Well, the ASUS up grade build of a new system did not work for me and I put
a sledge hammer through the motherboard.
I would like to upgrade the Compaq to XP-PRO.
What problems will I incur if I upgrade my XP-home (sp2) with XP-Pro (sp1)
CD??

AM I screwed? or will it work?

Somers96 in SE PA (Vally Forge, PA)

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Assuming you have a "Retail Version" of Windows XP Pro:

You'll need to make a SP2 slipstreamed version of your
current Windows XP Pro, then use the new CD to perform an
"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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| I have a Compaq computer with win-xp-home (SP2) on it.
| I also have a Win-XP-Pro (SP1) CD which I bought with an ASUS upgrade
| motherboard.
| Well, the ASUS up grade build of a new system did not work for me and I put
| a sledge hammer through the motherboard.
| I would like to upgrade the Compaq to XP-PRO.
| What problems will I incur if I upgrade my XP-home (sp2) with XP-Pro (sp1)
| CD??
|
| AM I screwed? or will it work?
|
| Somers96 in SE PA (Vally Forge, PA)