Upgrading from Home to Pro

[Guest]

When I want to upgrade from home to pro, it comes with a message "current OS
is newer than you are trying to install" and does not upgragade.

What I can do apart re formatting everything and installing XP Pro.

Regards,

 

[Nepatsfan]

(e-mail address removed),

When I want to upgrade from home to pro, it comes with a
message "current OS is newer than you are trying to install"
and does not upgragade.

What I can do apart re formatting everything and installing
XP Pro.

Regards,

You need to create a "slipstreamed" installation CD.

Create a Slip Stream version of Windows XP
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

Here are some of the files you'll need to obtain in order to
follow this procedure:

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT
Professionals and Developers
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

AutoStreamer 1.0.33
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1

CDBurner XPPro
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/download.php

Here are some other resources you might want to take a look at:

How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

Slipstreaming Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Create Bootable CD
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html

How can I slipstream service packs into the Windows 2000,
Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 media?
http://www.petri.co.il/windows_2000_xp_sp_slipstreaming.htm

Universal Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

When I want to upgrade from home to pro, it comes with a message
"current OS is newer than you are trying to install" and does not
upgragade.

What I can do apart re formatting everything and installing XP Pro.

You have SP2 installed, and your XP Professional Upgrade is without it, so
it 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
or http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

I recommend the second choice.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

When I want to upgrade from home to pro, it comes with a message "current OS
is newer than you are trying to install" and does not upgragade.

What I can do apart re formatting everything and installing XP Pro.

Regards,

This means that your installed OS is at a higher service pack level
than is the WinXP Pro CD you're using. You'll either need to uninstall
SP2 before attempting the upgrade, or try slipstreaming SP2 into the
upgrade.

For slip-streaming the service pack and subsequent updates to WinXP:

How to integrate software updates into your Windows installation source
files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828930

SlipStreaming WinXP
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm


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Bruce Chambers

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