Re: INSTALLING XP PRO
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:10:10 -0800
If your Home version has SP2 and the Pro version you are trying to install
is SP1 or earlier then the problem you describe will always occur. You
cannot insatll an 'older' version after you have installed/upgraded to a
'newer' version.
Uninstall the Home SP2 upgrade and try again.
"RICHARD" <RICHARD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E2AB18BB-53D9-4F0F-98CE-A38AC5ABDA5C@microsoft.com...
>I have XP home installed on D drive,when trying to install XP pro on C
> drive,it says that the current version is newer than what I am
> installing.any
> sugestions please
>
> Richard
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