Re: XP pro upgrade

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Okay It just came to me , Once the home version gets enter at that point
thats when it gets rejected , Corret ?
"RoadRunner" <xpnewsgroup@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi ... I am not familiar with the upgrade version but , What does having
> sp2 install or not got to do with installing the pro version ? I mean if
> the bios is set to boot off from CD Rom and you place the upgrade pro
> version in CD Rom , Then restart the computer wouldn't it not boot off
> this pro disk ? I would believe that it would and you would be able to
> install the pro version , Some where later on in the installment it will
> ask for a earlier windows license keys version which is the home version
> , Once that is enter wouldn't the pro version get install ?
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Alex McFarlane wrote:
>>
>>> I have just bought a new computer with XP home on it. I wish to
>>> upgrade it to XP pro. I have a Version 2002 XP pro upgrade CD but
>>> when I run it the setup says that my version of XP home is newer tha
>>> the upgrade. Are there newer versions of the XP pro upgrades
>>> available for purchase? What dates do they carry? Is it possible to
>>> buy a 2005 or 2006 XP pro upgrade?
>>
>>
>> You have SP2 installed, and your XP Professional Upgrade is without it,
>> so 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
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
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>


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