Upgrade XP Home -> Pro

[Ken M]

I'v got a PC running XP Home SP2. I'd like to upgrade it to XP Pro. I've
got an XP Pro CD and license, but it's pre-SP2. When I try to upgrade, it
tells me that I'm trying to upgrade from a newer to an older OS and won't
let me. I downloaded XP Pro Upgrade Advisor from the MS site and it tells
me the same thing.

Is there something I can download to let me do what I want to do?

Thanks.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

You need the XP Pro upgrade CD or full Retail CD. OEM CDs will not allow
you to upgrade.

Look for info on how to "slipstream" SP2 into the XP install CD.

 

[Ken Blake]

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I'v got a PC running XP Home SP2. I'd like to upgrade it to XP
Pro. I've got an XP Pro CD and license, but it's pre-SP2. When
I try to
upgrade, it tells me that I'm trying to upgrade from a newer to
an
older OS and won't let me. I downloaded XP Pro Upgrade Advisor
from
the MS site and it tells me the same thing.

Is there something I can download to let me do what I want to
do?

Because you have SP2 installed, and your XP Professional Upgrade
is without it, your XP Professional is an older version than
what's installed.

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

But are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Home
and Professional are identical except that Professional includes
a few features (mostly related to security and networking)
missing from Home? Most home users don't need and would never use
these extra features and will see no benefits by upgrading.

For details go to

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Also note that Professional allows ten concurrent network
connections, and Home only five.

 

[GuessWho]

Ken,

Assuming you have access to a SP2 disc, here's a neat little program to
effortlessly slipstream SP2 into your XP Pro: http://www.nliteos.com/

Wayne

 

[Ken M]

Thanks guys for the info on slipstream. I'll give that a try. (Yes, I do
want some of the additional ffeatures of XP Pro.)

 

[Ron Martell]

Thanks guys for the info on slipstream. I'll give that a try. (Yes, I do
want some of the additional ffeatures of XP Pro.)

Good luck. For slipstreaming I really like nlite (free) from
http://www.nliteos.com as recommended by one of the other responses.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
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