XP Home SP2 Upgrade to Professional Fails

[Bill Gelm]

You must uninstall SP2 and Hotfix KB834707 from your Windows XP Home Edition
before preceding with the upgrade. It is recommended that you either disable
or uninstall your antivirus program as well.

The error message indicates that you are trying to install an older
operating system than what you have installed. Even though you are trying to
upgrade to XP Pro.

GG

[Raymond J. Johnson Jr.]

"Bill Gelm" > wrote in message
...
| You must uninstall SP2 and Hotfix KB834707 from your Windows XP Home
Edition
| before preceding with the upgrade. It is recommended that you either
disable
| or uninstall your antivirus program as well.
|
| The error message indicates that you are trying to install an older
| operating system than what you have installed. Even though you are trying
to
| upgrade to XP Pro.
|
| GG

Who are you talking to?

[Bill Gelm]

This is an informational message. You may wish to contribute to this thread.

"Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote:

>
> "Bill Gelm" > wrote in message
> ...
> | You must uninstall SP2 and Hotfix KB834707 from your Windows XP Home
> Edition
> | before preceding with the upgrade. It is recommended that you either
> disable
> | or uninstall your antivirus program as well.
> |
> | The error message indicates that you are trying to install an older
> | operating system than what you have installed. Even though you are trying
> to
> | upgrade to XP Pro.
> |
> | GG
>
> Who are you talking to?
>
>
>

[Alex Nichol]

Bill Gelm wrote:

>You must uninstall SP2 and Hotfix KB834707 from your Windows XP Home Edition
>before preceding with the upgrade. It is recommended that you either disable
>or uninstall your antivirus program as well.
>
>The error message indicates that you are trying to install an older
>operating system than what you have installed. Even though you are trying to
>upgrade to XP Pro.

Or better do the Upgrade with a Pro CD has has SP2 included - either a
retail copy that have been coming through with SP2 for quite a time now
(and say so clearly on the box), or has been made by slipstreaming an
existing CD with content of the full SP2 exe file

--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[Bill Gelm]

I had purchased the XP Pro upgrade from a large supplier. I had thought
about slipstreaming. I was not aware you could do that with an upgrade
product. Cool.

"Alex Nichol" wrote:

> Bill Gelm wrote:
>
> >You must uninstall SP2 and Hotfix KB834707 from your Windows XP Home Edition
> >before preceding with the upgrade. It is recommended that you either disable
> >or uninstall your antivirus program as well.
> >
> >The error message indicates that you are trying to install an older
> >operating system than what you have installed. Even though you are trying to
> >upgrade to XP Pro.
>
> Or better do the Upgrade with a Pro CD has has SP2 included - either a
> retail copy that have been coming through with SP2 for quite a time now
> (and say so clearly on the box), or has been made by slipstreaming an
> existing CD with content of the full SP2 exe file
>
> --
> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
> Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)
>