Upgrade XP Home to XP Pro Problem

[Guest]

I just purchased a new Laptop with XP Home SR2 on it to replace another
laptop that the mother board failed on. According to my XP pro license, I can
transfer the XP Pro to the new computer. I have the disks, COA, book,
purchase receipt.
Problem is, how can I upgrade without wiping out the new settings and then
having to reload all the updates since the release of the XP Pro version I
have.
Can not load from disk--receive warning that Upgrade is older than current
version.
I have five copies of XP pro in different formats- latest is SR 1-none seem
to work
I there a way to replece the product Key and license numbers so I can
download the updates from the web?

Peace
Computer Savage

 

[Malke]

I just purchased a new Laptop with XP Home SR2 on it to replace
another laptop that the mother board failed on. According to my XP pro
license, I can transfer the XP Pro to the new computer. I have the
disks, COA, book, purchase receipt.
Problem is, how can I upgrade without wiping out the new settings and
then having to reload all the updates since the release of the XP Pro
version I have.
Can not load from disk--receive warning that Upgrade is older than
current version.
I have five copies of XP pro in different formats- latest is SR 1-none
seem to work
I there a way to replece the product Key and license numbers so I can
download the updates from the web?

You need to create a slipstreamed CD with SP2 on it. Here are links
showing how:

http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
http://www.windows-help.net/windowsxp/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

Then you can do the upgrade from Home to Pro. Make sure you back up your
data first because as always with computers, Stuff Happens.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpupgdissues.html - Upgrade Issues

Malke