XP Pro Uninstall

[Mr Post]

My Dad attempted to upgrade XP Home Edition to XP Pro.
Part of the way through, he decided he wanted to stop,
then proceeded to decide he would keep the Home Edition,
and then returned the XP Pro.

Now when he boots the machine it goes to a screen that
gives him three options. One is start XP Home Edition,
the middle one I cannot remember, and the last one is
install XP Pro. That last one is the default, and it
starts that very quickly (couple of seconds). He no
longer has XP Pro, no longer wants XP Pro, and would like
to fix that problem. I do not know how to correct this.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[purplehaz]

Do a repair install of xp home.

 

[Michael Stevens]

My Dad attempted to upgrade XP Home Edition to XP Pro.
Part of the way through, he decided he wanted to stop,
then proceeded to decide he would keep the Home Edition,
and then returned the XP Pro.

Now when he boots the machine it goes to a screen that
gives him three options. One is start XP Home Edition,
the middle one I cannot remember, and the last one is
install XP Pro. That last one is the default, and it
starts that very quickly (couple of seconds). He no
longer has XP Pro, no longer wants XP Pro, and would like
to fix that problem. I do not know how to correct this.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

You need to edit boot.ini.. Quickly select the Win Home selection, when you
reach the desktop press the Winkey+Pause/Break to open System Properties.
Select the Advanced tab. From Startup and Recovery at the bottom of the
window select Settings. From the Default operating system drop down box,
select the Home option. Press the Edit button to bring up boot.ini in
notepad. Remove the lines not needed leaving the line you set as the option.
For more detailed info and examples follow the link below.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address box.
How to edit boot menu.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#menu
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