Re: Question: Installing XP pro over XP home?


"pmarlow" <pmarlow48@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My new laptop came with XP Home SP2 (genuine) installed but the vendor
> didn't give me any CD (he said this is OEM). As I have a legal copy of XP
> Pro SP1. I was trying to installed over the XP Home. I got a message
> saying
> that the copy I am trying to install is older the the one in the laptop
> and
> refused to install. Is there any way to be able to do that as I prefer an
> older version of XP PRO over a newer version of XP Home edition. I can
> update the XP Pro after installed anyway. Any idea on how to circumvent
> this
> problem.
> Thanks
>
>

Because you have SP2 installed it is "newer" than the one that does not.
You can either remove SP2 (may be the easiest for you), install, then
reinstall SP2, or... "slipstream" SP2 into your Pro version.

-Frank


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