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Hi,
You would run the winnt32.exe file in the I386 folder from the disk to start
setup from within the GUI. Run winnt.exe if you are booting from a floppy
and running setup from there.
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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
"Sur" <Sur@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a question:
> I am using Windows XP Home edition. I want to use IIS and Windows XP Home
> edition does not include IIS. Therefore, I'm trying to upgrade from XP
> home
> edition to XP Professional. I have tried running the setup.exe from the
> Windows Professional CD but it gives an "error: 70077, paramater
> authorization failure" and I don't know why.
>
> All I really need to know is what should I do now to upgrade from XP home
> edition to XP professional? Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Sur
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