Guest Ryan Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 I had windows XP Home Edition before, and I want to try install the Windows XP Professional. So I inserted the CD and followed the steps, the computer restart and it asked me to press any key to boot the CD, and I did so. It went pretty smooth. When it comes to the step that ask me to choose a harddisk to install the WinXP Prof. I suddendly decide not to install the WinXP Prof for some reasons, so I pressed F3 to exit and F3 again to confirm exit the installation. The problem is everytime I turn back on the Computer, it has two option in the boot up screen. One is "Windows XP Home Edition" and other is "Windows XP Professional Installation". It seems that the system detected the installation is not complete in some point and thought I would want to continue on it. Right now, I just want to stay at the Home Edition I was using originally; therefore, I want to know how to complete cancel the WinXP Prof. installation from my computer. Thanks
Guest cornedbeef007-groups@yahoo.com.au Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Cancel Windows XP Professional Installation On Sep 17, 6:12 am, Ryan <R...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I had windows XP Home Edition before, and I want to try install the Windows > XP Professional. > So I inserted the CD and followed the steps, the computer restart and it > asked me to press any key to boot the CD, and I did so. > It went pretty smooth. When it comes to the step that ask me to choose a > harddisk to install the WinXP Prof. > I suddendly decide not to install the WinXP Prof for some reasons, so I > pressed F3 to exit and F3 again to confirm exit the installation. > The problem is everytime I turn back on the Computer, it has two option in > the boot up screen. > One is "Windows XP Home Edition" and other is "Windows XP Professional > Installation". > It seems that the system detected the installation is not complete in some > point and thought I would want to continue on it. > Right now, I just want to stay at the Home Edition I was using originally; > therefore, I want to know how to complete cancel the WinXP Prof. > installation from my computer. > > Thanks Start | Run msconfig Select the Boot.ini tab Select "Check all boot paths" It should remove the entry for WinXP Pro. Ok out of mscofig. When you reboot, you should no longer get the boot menu. Good Luck.
Guest Poprivet Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Cancel Windows XP Professional Installation cornedbeef007-groups@yahoo.com.au wrote: > On Sep 17, 6:12 am, Ryan <R...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> I had windows XP Home Edition before, and I want to try install the >> Windows XP Professional. >> So I inserted the CD and followed the steps, the computer restart >> and it asked me to press any key to boot the CD, and I did so. >> It went pretty smooth. When it comes to the step that ask me to >> choose a harddisk to install the WinXP Prof. >> I suddendly decide not to install the WinXP Prof for some reasons, >> so I pressed F3 to exit and F3 again to confirm exit the >> installation. >> The problem is everytime I turn back on the Computer, it has two >> option in the boot up screen. >> One is "Windows XP Home Edition" and other is "Windows XP >> Professional Installation". >> It seems that the system detected the installation is not complete >> in some point and thought I would want to continue on it. >> Right now, I just want to stay at the Home Edition I was using >> originally; therefore, I want to know how to complete cancel the >> WinXP Prof. installation from my computer. >> >> Thanks > > Start | Run msconfig > Select the Boot.ini tab > Select "Check all boot paths" > It should remove the entry for WinXP Pro. > > Ok out of mscofig. > When you reboot, you should no longer get the boot menu. > > Good Luck. But, if it still keeps on trying to install, you'll have to let the install process complete. Then redo things the way you want them. Pop`
Guest Ryan Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Cancel Windows XP Professional Installation It works perfectly as I wanted. Thank You so Much for your help! ^^ "cornedbeef007-groups@yahoo.com.au" wrote: > On Sep 17, 6:12 am, Ryan <R...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > I had windows XP Home Edition before, and I want to try install the Windows > > XP Professional. > > So I inserted the CD and followed the steps, the computer restart and it > > asked me to press any key to boot the CD, and I did so. > > It went pretty smooth. When it comes to the step that ask me to choose a > > harddisk to install the WinXP Prof. > > I suddendly decide not to install the WinXP Prof for some reasons, so I > > pressed F3 to exit and F3 again to confirm exit the installation. > > The problem is everytime I turn back on the Computer, it has two option in > > the boot up screen. > > One is "Windows XP Home Edition" and other is "Windows XP Professional > > Installation". > > It seems that the system detected the installation is not complete in some > > point and thought I would want to continue on it. > > Right now, I just want to stay at the Home Edition I was using originally; > > therefore, I want to know how to complete cancel the WinXP Prof. > > installation from my computer. > > > > Thanks > > Start | Run msconfig > Select the Boot.ini tab > Select "Check all boot paths" > It should remove the entry for WinXP Pro. > > Ok out of mscofig. > When you reboot, you should no longer get the boot menu. > > Good Luck. > >
Guest cornedbeef007-groups@yahoo.com.au Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Cancel Windows XP Professional Installation On Sep 17, 10:38 am, Ryan <R...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > It works perfectly as I wanted. > > Thank You so Much for your help! ^^ > > > > "cornedbeef007-gro...@yahoo.com.au" wrote: > > On Sep 17, 6:12 am, Ryan <R...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > I had windows XP Home Edition before, and I want to try install the Windows > > > XP Professional. > > > So I inserted the CD and followed the steps, the computer restart and it > > > asked me to press any key to boot the CD, and I did so. > > > It went pretty smooth. When it comes to the step that ask me to choose a > > > harddisk to install the WinXP Prof. > > > I suddendly decide not to install the WinXP Prof for some reasons, so I > > > pressed F3 to exit and F3 again to confirm exit the installation. > > > The problem is everytime I turn back on the Computer, it has two option in > > > the boot up screen. > > > One is "Windows XP Home Edition" and other is "Windows XP Professional > > > Installation". > > > It seems that the system detected the installation is not complete in some > > > point and thought I would want to continue on it. > > > Right now, I just want to stay at the Home Edition I was using originally; > > > therefore, I want to know how to complete cancel the WinXP Prof. > > > installation from my computer. > > > > Thanks > > > Start | Run msconfig > > Select the Boot.ini tab > > Select "Check all boot paths" > > It should remove the entry for WinXP Pro. > > > Ok out of mscofig. > > When you reboot, you should no longer get the boot menu. > > > Good Luck.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Glad you're sorted. Thanks for letting us know. Good Luck.
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