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Will older version xp pro install after newer xp home service pack 2

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INSPECTOR71   08-08-2008 at 10:55:41 AM

Hey guys i have a question? Can i install an older windows xp pro edition with out service pack 2 over a newer version of windows xp home edition with service pack 2 and still have the service pack 2 from newer home edition on my upgrade on my older pro edition if i try to install it? Will it work?




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INSPECTOR71   08-08-2008 at 11:16:35 AM
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If anyone can answer this for me it would be much apprieciated before i go ahead and try to install the older xp pro version.

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badge   08-08-2008 at 01:32:53 PM
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No. You are not upgrading. You are installing a new OS. If you reformat the hard drive and install a new OS, the old installation will be lost including SP2.

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Zoron   08-08-2008 at 03:59:48 PM
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Besides, why would you want to do that anyway? Is there some feature in Pro that you need that Home doesn't provide?

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Scotteq   08-08-2008 at 04:18:06 PM
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Z - About the only thing that comes to mind why someone would actually want to do that is to attempt to get PAE working for more address space... If I recall correctly, that was nuked in SP2 by MSFT hard coding memory limits to prevent issues with people activating PAE extensions on non-server side editions of the OS.

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gomerpile   08-08-2008 at 08:39:05 PM
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GPE feature is not in home, but really unless one has a network that requieres GPE that feature would never be used. I think there is underground xp codes now to enable GPE for home

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INSPECTOR71   08-09-2008 at 08:18:44 AM
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Zoron wrote :

Besides, why would you want to do that anyway? Is there some feature in Pro that you need that Home doesn't provide?


No there isn't! i am just going to stick with using the newer xp home service pack 2 edition.

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Zoron   08-09-2008 at 08:23:55 AM
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Ok... just wondered. If you needed to join a domain or some other thing that you can't do with Home, then I could understand the effort. You also have the option of slipstreaming SP2 into the copy of Pro that you have... but again, don't think you could do an upgrade.

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INSPECTOR71   08-09-2008 at 08:26:00 AM
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Lol ! Home doesn't have the my recent documents option on start up either, but that isn't important , just thought i would post that because it's really the only thing that i have noticed that it doesn't have.

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Zoron   08-09-2008 at 10:42:07 AM
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If it's not there by default, you can add it in.

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