Upgrading Windows XP

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Dear All,

I would like to move from Windows XP Home (Service Pack 2) to Windows XP
Professional so I can work with the IIS Server. I have a full version of XP
professional on CD-Rom and not an upgrade version. Can you upgrade and leave
all your registry and software settings when you upgrade or can someone
point me to a knowledge base page that takes you through this step-by-step?

Thanks again.

Alastair MacFarlane

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Backup all your important information.

You can use the Windows XP Professional (full install) CD to perform an
upgrade to a Windows XP system that is already loaded. You have the
opportunity, during the install to repair an existing windows setup. Choose
this option.

All your settings and customizations "should" be preserved. You will have to
go to the Windows Update site and re-download all the necessary updates that
are not included on your XP Professional CD. You will also have to reapply
many drivers, as they may/will have been changed to the generic Windows XP
drivers.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Alastair MacFarlane" <anonymous@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Dear All,
>
> I would like to move from Windows XP Home (Service Pack 2) to Windows XP
> Professional so I can work with the IIS Server. I have a full version of
> XP professional on CD-Rom and not an upgrade version. Can you upgrade and
> leave all your registry and software settings when you upgrade or can
> someone point me to a knowledge base page that takes you through this
> step-by-step?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Alastair MacFarlane
>

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Yes, and if the Pro disk is not SP2, you will get a warning about the
current installation being newer and setup will fail. You can use the full
version disk to create a new disk slipstreamed with SP2 to get around this.
You will find instructions here:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

--
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

"Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
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> You can successfully upgrade from Home to Pro without losing things. You
> may have a problem since you have Home w/SP2 and didn't say the version of
> Pro. To do it right Pro also must be an SP2 version.
>
> "Alastair MacFarlane" <anonymous@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsolrzR3fFHA.3940@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I would like to move from Windows XP Home (Service Pack 2) to Windows XP
>> Professional so I can work with the IIS Server. I have a full version of
>> XP professional on CD-Rom and not an upgrade version. Can you upgrade and
>> leave all your registry and software settings when you upgrade or can
>> someone point me to a knowledge base page that takes you through this
>> step-by-step?
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Alastair MacFarlane
>>
>
>

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Rick,

If you are upgrading from Home SP2 to the original retail Professional
version (no SP2) will this still apply? I have never tried this!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:u9Pa7p8fFHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Yes, and if the Pro disk is not SP2, you will get a warning about the
> current installation being newer and setup will fail. You can use the full
> version disk to create a new disk slipstreamed with SP2 to get around
> this. You will find instructions here:
> http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
>
> --
> 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
>
> "Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
> news:%23gSesG4fFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> You can successfully upgrade from Home to Pro without losing things. You
>> may have a problem since you have Home w/SP2 and didn't say the version
>> of Pro. To do it right Pro also must be an SP2 version.
>>
>> "Alastair MacFarlane" <anonymous@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> newsolrzR3fFHA.3940@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I would like to move from Windows XP Home (Service Pack 2) to Windows XP
>>> Professional so I can work with the IIS Server. I have a full version of
>>> XP professional on CD-Rom and not an upgrade version. Can you upgrade
>>> and leave all your registry and software settings when you upgrade or
>>> can someone point me to a knowledge base page that takes you through
>>> this step-by-step?
>>>
>>> Thanks again.
>>>
>>> Alastair MacFarlane
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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Hi,

Yes, it will apply unless you are formatting and doing a clean installation.
WinXP Pro setup will see the Home w/SP2 as a newer version and setup will
not continue. You must use an SP2 version to upgrade.

--
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

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eK3g568fFHA.3164@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Rick,
>
> If you are upgrading from Home SP2 to the original retail Professional
> version (no SP2) will this still apply? I have never tried this!
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:u9Pa7p8fFHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Yes, and if the Pro disk is not SP2, you will get a warning about the
>> current installation being newer and setup will fail. You can use the
>> full version disk to create a new disk slipstreamed with SP2 to get
>> around this. You will find instructions here:
>> http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
>>
>> --
>> 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
>>
>> "Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23gSesG4fFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> You can successfully upgrade from Home to Pro without losing things. You
>>> may have a problem since you have Home w/SP2 and didn't say the version
>>> of Pro. To do it right Pro also must be an SP2 version.
>>>
>>> "Alastair MacFarlane" <anonymous@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> newsolrzR3fFHA.3940@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to move from Windows XP Home (Service Pack 2) to Windows
>>>> XP Professional so I can work with the IIS Server. I have a full
>>>> version of XP professional on CD-Rom and not an upgrade version. Can
>>>> you upgrade and leave all your registry and software settings when you
>>>> upgrade or can someone point me to a knowledge base page that takes you
>>>> through this step-by-step?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again.
>>>>
>>>> Alastair MacFarlane
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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No !


"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eZYd$M4fFHA.3584@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Backup all your important information.
>
> You can use the Windows XP Professional (full install) CD to perform an
> upgrade to a Windows XP system that is already loaded. You have the
> opportunity, during the install to repair an existing windows setup.
> Choose this option.
>
> All your settings and customizations "should" be preserved. You will have
> to go to the Windows Update site and re-download all the necessary updates
> that are not included on your XP Professional CD. You will also have to
> reapply many drivers, as they may/will have been changed to the generic
> Windows XP drivers.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "Alastair MacFarlane" <anonymous@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsolrzR3fFHA.3940@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I would like to move from Windows XP Home (Service Pack 2) to Windows XP
>> Professional so I can work with the IIS Server. I have a full version of
>> XP professional on CD-Rom and not an upgrade version. Can you upgrade and
>> leave all your registry and software settings when you upgrade or can
>> someone point me to a knowledge base page that takes you through this
>> step-by-step?
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Alastair MacFarlane
>>
>
>

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!

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:udfHN58fFHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Darn! I totally forgot about that!
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:u9Pa7p8fFHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Yes, and if the Pro disk is not SP2, you will get a warning about the
>> current installation being newer and setup will fail. You can use the
>> full version disk to create a new disk slipstreamed with SP2 to get
>> around this. You will find instructions here:
>> http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
>>
>> --
>> 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
>>
>> "Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23gSesG4fFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> You can successfully upgrade from Home to Pro without losing things. You
>>> may have a problem since you have Home w/SP2 and didn't say the version
>>> of Pro. To do it right Pro also must be an SP2 version.
>>>
>>> "Alastair MacFarlane" <anonymous@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> newsolrzR3fFHA.3940@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to move from Windows XP Home (Service Pack 2) to Windows
>>>> XP Professional so I can work with the IIS Server. I have a full
>>>> version of XP professional on CD-Rom and not an upgrade version. Can
>>>> you upgrade and leave all your registry and software settings when you
>>>> upgrade or can someone point me to a knowledge base page that takes you
>>>> through this step-by-step?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again.
>>>>
>>>> Alastair MacFarlane
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>