Why won''t XP Home upgrade to XP Pro???

 
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brownk on Tue, October 17, 2006 12:56 PM
I have XP Home with SP2 and I am trying to install XP Pro with SP2 and I am getting an error message that the version I am installing is older than the current version installed. Then it fails to install further. I read that you can try removing SP2 from XP Home and then install XP Pro but there was no option to remove SP2. I got XP home as part of my Toshiba Laptops install CD with its specific drivers.... This one has been bugging me for 6 months now. Has anyone out there found any solutions to this?

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jaydhindsa on Wed, October 18, 2006 12:05 PM

From everything I've read, and cutting thru the BS, it appears that if you simply MUST have XP Pro you'll need to do a fresh install.

Backup your data, reformat your drive, and go at it!

Good Luck.

-M.
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jhemingway on Wed, October 25, 2006 6:03 PM
agree fresh install of xp pro is the best just something about ms products that fails when they try to work together.
brownk on Thu, November 9, 2006 10:07 PM
Thanks so much, I did do it and now everything works fine. I needed XP Pro as a very important program I was installing needed it.