Windows XP install problem

[Guest]

I recently bought a new desktop computer for my home. It came with Windows XP
Home Edition with SP2 installed. I want to update it to Windows XP Pro. So I
went out and purchased a Windows XP Pro upgrade. This store didn't have any
copies with SP2 already, so I purchased it without, thinking I would go to
SP2 after I get it updates. When I got home, I tried to install Windows XP
Pro and I got a message that the files on the computer are newer and it won't
let me install Windows XP Pro.

The store won't return opened software, of course, and I don't want to waste
$200 by going somewhere else and buying another Windows XP Pro w/SP2 license.

Is there any way for me to take the contents of the original Windows XP Pro
CD and combine them with the contents of the SP2 and create a new Windows XP
Pro w/SP2 CD. I hope then that it will allow me to upgrade the Windows XP
Home Edition to Windows XP Pro.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Make a SP2 slipstreamed version of Windows XP Pro,
then use the new CD to upgrade with.

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

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| I recently bought a new desktop computer for my home. It came with Windows XP
| Home Edition with SP2 installed. I want to update it to Windows XP Pro. So I
| went out and purchased a Windows XP Pro upgrade. This store didn't have any
| copies with SP2 already, so I purchased it without, thinking I would go to
| SP2 after I get it updates. When I got home, I tried to install Windows XP
| Pro and I got a message that the files on the computer are newer and it won't
| let me install Windows XP Pro.
|
| The store won't return opened software, of course, and I don't want to waste
| $200 by going somewhere else and buying another Windows XP Pro w/SP2 license.
|
| Is there any way for me to take the contents of the original Windows XP Pro
| CD and combine them with the contents of the SP2 and create a new Windows XP
| Pro w/SP2 CD. I hope then that it will allow me to upgrade the Windows XP
| Home Edition to Windows XP Pro.
|
| Any help would be appreciated.
|
| Thanks in advance.