XP SP2 Home to XP Professional not sp2

I have a Toshiba laptop computer that came with XP Home SP2 and I also have
an XP Professional upgrade CD that is SP1. When I try to upgrade I get a
warning that the OS on the system is newer than the upgrade CD.

Is there anyway to install using this disk or is there any way to get a
newer upgrade disk that has SP2 on it?

Hi,

You have to upgrade with a disk that has SP2 on it, or uninstall SP2 from
the existing Home system first. If you have a generic WinXP Pro disk, then
you can create your own slipstreamed disk with SP2 and use this (just search
on slipstream at google.com).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"fessin" wrote in message
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I have a Toshiba laptop computer that came with XP Home SP2 and I also have
an XP Professional upgrade CD that is SP1. When I try to upgrade I get a
warning that the OS on the system is newer than the upgrade CD.

Is there anyway to install using this disk or is there any way to get a
newer upgrade disk that has SP2 on it?

Would this work if I slipstream SP2 into the first release of the Windows XP
Professional English Intl Upgrade CD? I am looking for alternatives to
purchasing the Upgrade CD with SP2
sybek

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

You have to upgrade with a disk that has SP2 on it, or uninstall SP2 from
the existing Home system first. If you have a generic WinXP Pro disk, then
you can create your own slipstreamed disk with SP2 and use this (just search
on slipstream at google.com).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"fessin" wrote in message
...
I have a Toshiba laptop computer that came with XP Home SP2 and I also have
an XP Professional upgrade CD that is SP1. When I try to upgrade I get a
warning that the OS on the system is newer than the upgrade CD.

Is there anyway to install using this disk or is there any way to get a
newer upgrade disk that has SP2 on it?

Yes, it would work.

"Sybek" wrote in message
...
Would this work if I slipstream SP2 into the first release of the Windows
XP
Professional English Intl Upgrade CD? I am looking for alternatives to
purchasing the Upgrade CD with SP2
sybek

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

You have to upgrade with a disk that has SP2 on it, or uninstall SP2 from
the existing Home system first. If you have a generic WinXP Pro disk,
then
you can create your own slipstreamed disk with SP2 and use this (just
search
on slipstream at google.com).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"fessin" wrote in message
...
I have a Toshiba laptop computer that came with XP Home SP2 and I also
have
an XP Professional upgrade CD that is SP1. When I try to upgrade I
get a
warning that the OS on the system is newer than the upgrade CD.

Is there anyway to install using this disk or is there any way to get a
newer upgrade disk that has SP2 on it?