XP Home to Pro upgrade asking for SP2 install CD

[John Aldrich]

I am trying to upgrade a PC to XP Pro from XP Home. The PC is a Compaq
Presario which had XP Home pre-loaded. I have upgraded three other
Presario PCs to XP Pro from Home in the past 24 hours, but this one is
asking for the XP Professional Service Pack 2 CD, and I can't get past
that. I even downloaded SP2 and burned it to a CD, but it was
completely ignored.

Any suggestions??? I tried calling Microsoft, but the wait was over 30
minutes to talk to a tech. I'm not exactly a newbie when it comes to
installing and supporting Windows, but this is crazy!

 

[Guest]

Hi John,

Have you tried creating a bootable install CD of XP Pro slipstreamed with
SP2? If not, then perhaps give that a try:

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
(or do a web search for slipstreaming instructions, as plenty of them abound!)

Also, many people seem pleased with having used autostreamer to slipstream
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.shtml



Regards,

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I am trying to upgrade a PC to XP Pro from XP Home. The PC is a Compaq
Presario which had XP Home pre-loaded. I have upgraded three other
Presario PCs to XP Pro from Home in the past 24 hours, but this one is
asking for the XP Professional Service Pack 2 CD, and I can't get past
that. I even downloaded SP2 and burned it to a CD, but it was
completely ignored.

No, you don't want a CD of SP2, you want an installation CD of Windows XP
that also has SP2 incorporated within it. You can create one by
slipstreaming. See http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7262 and
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

 

[John Aldrich]

No, you don't want a CD of SP2, you want an installation CD of Windows
XP that also has SP2 incorporated within it. You can create one by
slipstreaming. See http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7262 and
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

I'm sorry I didn't specify, but the install CD I have is a regular
Microsoft XP Pro install/upgrade CD *with SP2 included.* Now...I
*shouldn't* need SP2, since it's included on the install CD... any
suggestions? HELP!!!