Upgrading to XP professional complains on different langauges

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Anders Eriksson

Hello!

I have a laptop with Windows XP Home installed. I also have many programs
installed. Since XP Home lacks many things I want to upgrade to XP Pro.

My problem is that XP Home is English and XP Pro is Swedish. I get a
message saying that upgrading isn't possible because of the differences in
language.

Since I a bit unsure on how to get the laptop working again if I scratch
everything, with drivers and such (I have an Acer TravelMate 2303). I
wonder:

Is there someway of installing XP Pro without losing all drivers, programs,
etc?

// Anders
 
Hi Anders,

Unfortunately, no. The upgrade must be done with the same language and
service pack level as the existing installation. You cannot use different
language versions of WinXP in this fashion.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Let me add that if you do a clean install with the upgrade package, you may
end up getting the same message from many of your programs about how the
language doesn't match.

Your best bet might be to do a dual boot with the different versions and see
if Pro in Swedish will do what you want before you end up in worse shape
than you are now.

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi Anders,

Unfortunately, no. The upgrade must be done with the same language and
service pack level as the existing installation. You cannot use different
language versions of WinXP in this fashion.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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Anders said:
Hello!

I have a laptop with Windows XP Home installed. I also have many programs
installed. Since XP Home lacks many things I want to upgrade to XP Pro.

My problem is that XP Home is English and XP Pro is Swedish. I get a
message saying that upgrading isn't possible because of the differences in
language.

Since I a bit unsure on how to get the laptop working again if I scratch
everything, with drivers and such (I have an Acer TravelMate 2303). I
wonder:

Is there someway of installing XP Pro without losing all drivers, programs,
etc?

// Anders
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You cannot upgrade or convert from one language version of the OS
to another, so you'll have to purchase and use the full version of
WinXP (in whatever language you want) to perform a clean installation.

Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282089



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Bruce Chambers said:
You cannot upgrade or convert from one language version of the OS
to another, so you'll have to purchase and use the full version of
WinXP (in whatever language you want) to perform a clean installation.

Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282089
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You can do a clean install with an upgrade CD as long as you have the CD for
the version from which you are upgrading.

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Frank said:
You can do a clean install with an upgrade CD as long as you have the CD
for the version from which you are upgrading.
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That's a curious exception, but thanks for the information.

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