XP HOME SP2

[Guest]

I RECENTLY UPGRADED TO XP HOME SP2, BUT NOW I NEED TO UPGRADE TO XP PRO SP1,
BUT IT STATES THAT THE VERSION ON MY PC IS NEWER THAN THE ONE I'M TRYING TO
UPGRADE TO WHATS UP

 

[Gordon]

I RECENTLY UPGRADED TO XP HOME SP2, BUT NOW I NEED TO UPGRADE TO XP PRO
SP1, BUT IT STATES THAT THE VERSION ON MY PC IS NEWER THAN THE ONE I'M
TRYING TO UPGRADE TO WHATS UP

SP2 is newer than SP1! That's what's up!
You need to slipstream your XP Pro SP1 CD into a new CD with SP2.
Have a look here:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

HTH

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I RECENTLY UPGRADED TO XP HOME SP2, BUT NOW I NEED TO UPGRADE TO XP
PRO SP1, BUT IT STATES THAT THE VERSION ON MY PC IS NEWER THAN THE
ONE I'M TRYING TO UPGRADE TO WHATS UP

Please don't yell at us. We can hear you if you type normally, in mixed
case.

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 would prefer choice 2.

Also, are you sure you need XP Professional? Are you aware that XP Home and
Professional are identical except that Professional includes a few features
(mostly related to security and networking) missing from Home? Most home
users don't need and would never use these extra features and will see no
benefits by upgrading.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I RECENTLY UPGRADED TO XP HOME SP2, BUT NOW I NEED TO UPGRADE TO XP PRO SP1,
BUT IT STATES THAT THE VERSION ON MY PC IS NEWER THAN THE ONE I'M TRYING TO
UPGRADE TO WHATS UP

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 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

Please unstick your CapsLock key. Posting in all caps, as you have
done, is the Usenet equivalent of shouting, and is considered very rude
by a large number of people. More importantly, posting in all caps
makes the post harder to read, further reducing your chances of getting
help; a great many people won't even try to read such a message. If you
really want help, simply comply with the dictates of common courtesy and
the conventions of the milieu.


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Bruce Chambers

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[Guest]

sorry about the cap lock but it is just easier at what i do to just leave it
on so i get my point across to the guy's that work for me
and it will probably be easier to to remove sp2 and then do the upgrade
Thank You

 

[Guest]

sorry about the cap lock, now i know better
and thank you for the info and yes i do know about the differences between
them but my better half needs it to work on the internet
thank you

 

[Tom Willett]

Just out of curiousity, what features of WinXP Pro does she need to work on
the internet?

 

[Guest]

it is for a insurance program that their web site will check the comp and
home sp2 failed and afer asking my better half, she stated that they had to
upgrade to xp pro at work

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

it is for a insurance program that their web site will check the comp
and home sp2 failed and afer asking my better half, she stated that
they had to upgrade to xp pro at work

If you say so, but it's hard for me to imagine that any internet-based
activity could possibly care whether it's XP Home or Professional (or for
that matter, even whether it's XP).

If I were you (or her) I would check this very carefully before you go to
the cost and trouble of upgrading.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

sorry about the cap lock but it is just easier at what i do to just
leave it

Sorry to lecture you, but all caps is very hard to read. On most cases, I
don't even bother to read all-caps messages. I made an exception in your
case only because the message was short.

Here's my suggestion: when you are asking people for help, work to make is
easier for the people who might help you, not for yourself. That means don't
type in all caps, use appropriate punctuatrion and capitalization at the
beginnings of sentences, use good grammar, spelling, and usage, etc.

You might be amazed at how many people don't get the help they otherwise
would because they care more about making things easier for themselves than
for their helpers.

 

[Tom Willett]

That makes no sense whatsoever.

Tom

it is for a insurance program that their web site will check the comp and
home sp2 failed and afer asking my better half, she stated that they had
to
upgrade to xp pro at work