XP Ugrades

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I have 6 Dell Dimension 3000 desktops that came with XP Home SP2
pre-installed. I need to upgrade them to XP Pro. The Pro Volume License cd
that I have is XP Pro SP1. When I try to "upgrade" I receive a message
stating that the OS on the machine is newer than what I'm trying to upgrade
too and the only option I have is to do a reinstall. I used this very same cd
and did two Compaq Presiaros with Home SP2 without a problem.

I thought I would just use add/remove progams on the Dell's and remove Home
SP2 but it's not listed so it must be a part of their image. Any suggestions
on how to do an "upgrade" on the Dell's?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

All you need to do is make a SP2 slipstreamed version of your
current Windows XP Pro and then upgrade using the new CD.

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

or

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 (preferred)
http://www.wbeta.com/comments.php?shownews=1063&catid=2

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
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| I have 6 Dell Dimension 3000 desktops that came with XP Home SP2
| pre-installed. I need to upgrade them to XP Pro. The Pro Volume License cd
| that I have is XP Pro SP1. When I try to "upgrade" I receive a message
| stating that the OS on the machine is newer than what I'm trying to upgrade
| too and the only option I have is to do a reinstall. I used this very same cd
| and did two Compaq Presiaros with Home SP2 without a problem.
|
| I thought I would just use add/remove progams on the Dell's and remove Home
| SP2 but it's not listed so it must be a part of their image. Any suggestions
| on how to do an "upgrade" on the Dell's?