Upgrading to XP from W2k PRo

[Shared Care]

I have an installation CD from our Action Pack which I would like to use to
upgrade our W2k Pro (sp4) machines. Running this on a test machine, I
receive the following message:

"Windows xp setup does not support upgrading from Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro
to XP Pro."

At which point I have the option of performing a clean install or exiting.

I'm puzzled by this as my understanding was that full versions (as this is)
could perform in-place upgrades. All the documentation on the MS website
tells me that XP can upgrade W2k Pro.

I've contacted tech support and they tell me that I need an "upgrade"
version. Is this correct?

Mike

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You need a "Retail Version" of Windows XP Pro
in order to upgrade over Windows 2000.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I have an installation CD from our Action Pack which I would like to use to
| upgrade our W2k Pro (sp4) machines. Running this on a test machine, I
| receive the following message:
|
| "Windows xp setup does not support upgrading from Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro
| to XP Pro."
|
| At which point I have the option of performing a clean install or exiting.
|
| I'm puzzled by this as my understanding was that full versions (as this is)
| could perform in-place upgrades. All the documentation on the MS website
| tells me that XP can upgrade W2k Pro.
|
| I've contacted tech support and they tell me that I need an "upgrade"
| version. Is this correct?
|
| Mike

 

[Shared Care]

that's what I was using. I'm not using the NFR version that also came in the
Action Pack.

Mike