upgrading home sp2 to professional

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I have a notebook that I bought at Staples (it was an emergency) that came
with Windows XP Home, SP 2.

I need to upgrade it to XP Pro to join my business network. I have an open
license, but the only CD I have is XP Pro without any service packs.

If I try to install XP Pro, it fails because it has a newer version
installed.

I'm trying to avoid having to wipe the computer... anyone know a way around
this?

Thanks
 
To resolve your issue, you can easily make a new Windows XP Pro
CD with SP2 slipstreamed in, then 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


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| I have a notebook that I bought at Staples (it was an emergency) that came
| with Windows XP Home, SP 2.
|
| I need to upgrade it to XP Pro to join my business network. I have an open
| license, but the only CD I have is XP Pro without any service packs.
|
| If I try to install XP Pro, it fails because it has a newer version
| installed.
|
| I'm trying to avoid having to wipe the computer... anyone know a way around
| this?
|
| Thanks
 
Liz said:
I have a notebook that I bought at Staples (it was an emergency) that came
with Windows XP Home, SP 2.

I need to upgrade it to XP Pro to join my business network. I have an open
license, but the only CD I have is XP Pro without any service packs.

If I try to install XP Pro, it fails because it has a newer version
installed.

I'm trying to avoid having to wipe the computer... anyone know a way around
this?

Thanks
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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 (Control Panel, Add/Remove programs) before attempting the upgrade,
or try slipstreaming SP2 into older WinXP installation.

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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Tell your network admins that you need Pro with SP2 (slipstreamed or
otherwise) as you will not be able to upgrade with the disk as is. They
should be able to do this for you. As Home was preinstalled, uninstalling
SP2 will not be an option. An upgrade must be performed with a version at
the same or higher level of SP, reversions are not supported.

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