Unable to upgrade from XP Home to Prof When Service Pack 2 Install

[Guest]

I would like to upgrade from XP Home to Professional. However, I get the
following error message: "Setup cannot continue because the version of
Windows on your computer is newer than the version on the CD".

Ultimately, I want to upgrade so that I can install IIS for the purpose of
developeing ASP.NET applications.

Thanks in advance,
Ryan

 

[Guest]

Does anyone know definatively?

I don't think you can upgrade from Home to Professional.
As an alternative, you could try the WebMatrix project, it contains a local
Web server capable of running ASP.NET applications.
http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/default.aspx?tabIndex=4&tabId=46

Chris

 

[Mick Doherty]

You can upgrade from Home to Pro, but if Home has SP2 and your Pro disk is
pre SP2 then you'll have to SlipStream SP2 into a Backup of your XP Pro
disk, since you have a newer OS installed than the one you're trying to
upgrade to.

Have a google for nLite to help you SlipStream.

Note that an OEM version of XP Pro will not upgrade XP Home.

 

[Christopher Kimbell]

I don't think you can upgrade from Home to Professional.
As an alternative, you could try the WebMatrix project, it contains a local
Web server capable of running ASP.NET applications.
http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/default.aspx?tabIndex=4&tabId=46

Chris