Upgraded from Windows XP Professional to Windows XP Service Pack 2

[Guest]

Hi,

I had Windows XP professional on my Home PC, then upgraded to Windows XP
Service Pack 2 (not professional). Not realising this would not leave the
professional part of the original version. But now I can't reinstall
professional. as it says it is an older version. What should I do?

thanks,

geoff.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Geoff;
You still have Windows XP Professional if you started with Pro..
Are you referring to the boot screen that originally have Professional and
now doesn't?
That is a change Microsoft made to standardize the screen on the 4 versions
of Windows XP.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Make a SP2 slipstreamed version of Windows XP
and afterward perform a "Repair Install" with the
new CD.

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

Information on AutoStreamer 1.0
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=188337&st=0&#entry245

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

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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| Hi,
|
| I had Windows XP professional on my Home PC, then upgraded to Windows XP
| Service Pack 2 (not professional). Not realising this would not leave the
| professional part of the original version. But now I can't reinstall
| professional. as it says it is an older version. What should I do?
|
| thanks,
|
| geoff.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I had Windows XP professional on my Home PC, then upgraded to Windows
XP Service Pack 2 (not professional). Not realising this would not
leave the professional part of the original version. But now I can't
reinstall professional. as it says it is an older version. What
should I do?

Since you cannot upgrade from Professional to another version of Windows XP
that I know of, you still have Professional. SP2 does get rid of any
markings during startup telling you Home or Professional, however.. Perhaps
you miss this?

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I had Windows XP professional on my Home PC, then upgraded to
Windows
XP Service Pack 2 (not professional).

No, there is no separate SP2 for Home and Professional. There is
a single SP2 for all versions of Windows XP, and that's what you
installed.

Not realising this would not
leave the professional part of the original version. But now I
can't
reinstall professional. as it says it is an older version.
What
should I do?

You don't need to reinstall anything. If you had XP Professional
and you installed SP2, you're now running Windows XP Professional
with SP2. You can verify this by holding down the Windows key and
pressing the "Pause | Break" key. It will tell you you're running
Windows XP Professional with SP2.

If you ever need to reinstall Windows XP, because your XP
Professional Upgrade is without SP2, it is an older version than
what's installed. To reinstall it, 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

 

[Mike Kolitz]

Geoff,

There is no "professional" version of the SP2 upgrade. The same SP2 upgrade
applies to XP Home, Professional, Media Center, and TabletPC Edition.

http://open-node.net/archive/2004/08/12/548.aspx

If you're referring to the fact that the boot screen no longer explicitly
says "Windows XP Professional", that is by design. You still have XP
Professional.

http://open-node.net/archive/2004/08/10/544.aspx

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Hi,

I had Windows XP professional on my Home PC, then upgraded to Windows
XP Service Pack 2 (not professional). Not realising this would not
leave the professional part of the original version. But now I can't
reinstall professional. as it says it is an older version. What
should I do?

thanks,

geoff.

It removes the word Professional from the splash screen, but right click My
Computer and choose Properties.

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[Alex Nichol]

I had Windows XP professional on my Home PC, then upgraded to Windows XP
Service Pack 2 (not professional). Not realising this would not leave the
professional part of the original version.

Huh? The SP2 installation is identical for both and leaves all Pro
facilities still there. The Splash screen in SP 2 no longer says
'Professional' or 'Home Edition' - maybe that is confusing you