Guest Dan Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 I was going to upgrade my son's machine from home sp2 to pro xp1, but message said the version already installed is newer.... anyway to upgrade the machine, or format and install?? I hope this doesn't sound too confusing.
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: upgrade from xphome sp2 -xpro Dan wrote: > I was going to upgrade my son's machine from home sp2 to pro xp1, > but message said the version already installed is newer.... anyway > to upgrade the machine, or format and install?? > > I hope this doesn't sound too confusing. Surprising - considering most new copies of Windows XP Professional Retail would come with SP2 integrated (and possibly even more updates than that integrated) already - but there is your issue... You need to have a copy of Windows XP Professional with SP2 integrated into it in order to upgrade your Windows XP Home Edition with SP2 already installed. You can do this yourself and burn a new CD. A Google search for: "Windows XP" slipstream or integrate SP2 Will bring up many possible instructions. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: upgrade from xphome sp2 -xpro On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:02:01 -0700, Dan <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I was going to upgrade my son's machine from home sp2 to pro xp1, but message > said the version already installed is newer.... anyway to upgrade the > machine, or format and install?? Reformatting and installing cleanly *is* an option, but a lot of extra work, and is way overkill to do this. You have two better 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 or http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm I would choose the second option. But are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Home and Professional are identical except that Professional includes a few features (mostly related to security and networking) missing from Home? Most home users don't need and would never use these extra features and will see no benefits by upgrading. For details go to http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp Also note another point, not included in any of the above: Professional allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only five. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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