dietcokejunkie said:
I just upgraded my computer with xp pro sp2. I had xp home on it
before. The upgrade itself seemed to go fine but now my internet
explorer is behaving weird by freezing up or duplicating itself
and then freezing up. My computer also says I have updates to
install (windows installer 3.1 is the update) but I try to install
it and it just tells me that "The following updates were not
installed: Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1"
Please help
Read upgrading laptop to xp pro,2 posts after yours.The same
follows.
For the original poster ( dietcokejunkie ) ...
Try this:
Get Dial-a-Fix:
http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix
Use its options to fix:
- Windows Installer
- Windows Update
- All the Registration Center options.
Turn off the "Empty System32\Catroot 2"
Do NOT do "Flush SoftwareDistribution".
Then click "GO" and wait until it is done... Reboot may be needed.
- Download/Install Windows Update v3.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=91237
(You may need to install it using the command line switch "/wuforce" right
after an additional reboot - immediately after logging in.)
- Download/Install the 927891 patch.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7A81B0CD-A0B9-497E-8A89-404327772E5A
- Reboot.
- Visit
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and scan for/install updates.
- Come back and let us know how things went!
Andrew E.,
You cannot be this thick, stubborn or that incapable of learning. You have
tried to prove, time and time again with this answer about there not being a
valid path to upgrade from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP
Professional Edition, that you just may actually be that thick, stubborn and
incapable of learning. I am asking you - again - to support your claim or
at least give your actual reason for posting this obviously incorrect
answer. I have to give you credit - maybe I missed a post or two - but at
least you have changed your wording.
There are only two possibilities as I see it, Andrew E.
One possibility is that you are truly this dense. You have no idea that
what you are posting is incorrect and when people do call you on it - as
many have and will continue to do as long as you post drivel - you only
acknowledge it in so far as to be a little more caustic in your next reply
(with 'others might say' or something similar...) Therefore actually
believing - despite the fact that the other responders provide proof for
their answers and some (like myself) have asked you for proof or reasoning
behind your answer(s) - in the answer you have given, but being unwilling
(or in this theories case - unable due to lack of ability) to support the
information you have given.
Second possibility is that you are a cruel individual. You are giving out
false information *just* to do so in hopes that you can make someone take
their situation a step too far and lose data and time. I actually (and
sadly) see this as the most likely possibility.
In any case - I will give you the same answer I have given you time and time
again on this subject (upgrading from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP
Professional Edition) and hope that perhaps this time - you will have the
self-dignity to actually respond to the request for reasoning (I actually
want you to RESPOND to me) for your incorrect answer...
When you get one wrong (like this one) the first time - and it is proven to
you that it was the incorrect assumption - repeating it over and over does
not make it true.
Examples of your incorrect statement - over and over:
http://snipurl.com/s45j
The same answer I continue to give to prove to you that your assumption is
completely and totally false:
Andrew E. has been incorrect about this many times - but refuses (or perhaps
cannot comprehend) the fact that upgrading from Windows XP Home to Windows
Professional is supported and one of the easiest paths to follow.
Windows XP supported upgrade paths
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607
That article clearly shows a path from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP
Professional Edition..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607#XSLTH3140121123120121120120
Even external (non-Microsoft sponsored) confirm this:
What are the supported upgrade paths to Windows XP?
http://www.jsifaq.com/subI/tip4300/rh4349.htm
It would be nice - if just once - you responded to a rebuttal of your
incorrect answer and told us why you believe what you believe.
