upgrade win xp home sp2 to pro sp1.....

jesseainskeep · 08-29-2005, 06:27 PM

I'm new here so sorry if i put in wrong place...

I have windows xp home service pack 2 installed on both my desktop and my laptop. they were installed with service pack 2, not upgraded from service pack 1. i need to run xp professional on my computer to run .net stuff for visual basic studio for school. i get a free upgrade for xp pro but it is service pack 1. when i try to upgrade, it says i cant because i have a newer version of windows installed on my computer, and wont go any further than that. i cannot "roll back" to service pack 1 because it was installed from a service pack 2 cd, when i got both of my computers now. does anyone know what i can do to get the cd to install besides formatting my hard drive and installing the win pro service pack 1? i have a 120 gig hardrive and like 60 gigs is used from programs and files for school, work, games, and other junk.

any suggestions will be rockin... you can email me direct at
jesseainskeep@hotmail.com or post here... whatever works best...

thanks alot to those that can help

dai · 09-04-2005, 01:20 PM

slipstream sp2 into the xppro disk with nlite
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4324.html
and then use the slipstreamed disk to do the upgrade

08-29-2005, 06:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
jesseainskeep Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4 OS: Win XP	upgrade win xp home sp2 to pro sp1..... I'm new here so sorry if i put in wrong place... I have windows xp home service pack 2 installed on both my desktop and my laptop. they were installed with service pack 2, not upgraded from service pack 1. i need to run xp professional on my computer to run .net stuff for visual basic studio for school. i get a free upgrade for xp pro but it is service pack 1. when i try to upgrade, it says i cant because i have a newer version of windows installed on my computer, and wont go any further than that. i cannot "roll back" to service pack 1 because it was installed from a service pack 2 cd, when i got both of my computers now. does anyone know what i can do to get the cd to install besides formatting my hard drive and installing the win pro service pack 1? i have a 120 gig hardrive and like 60 gigs is used from programs and files for school, work, games, and other junk. any suggestions will be rockin... you can email me direct at jesseainskeep@hotmail.com or post here... whatever works best... thanks alot to those that can help

09-04-2005, 01:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 42,156 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	slipstream sp2 into the xppro disk with nlite http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4324.html and then use the slipstreamed disk to do the upgrade __________________