installing windows home edition over windows xp professional

[buster]

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i had windows xp professional installed and trying to install windows xp home
edition. getting a your current installation of windows is not a supported
upgrade path. what do i do? don't have the product number for xp
professional.

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

That path is not supported, you can't install Home over Pro. You will need
to format and install clean to achieve what you are asking.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"buster" <buster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i had windows xp professional installed and trying to install windows xp
>home
> edition. getting a your current installation of windows is not a
> supported
> upgrade path. what do i do? don't have the product number for xp
> professional.