I have an installation CD from our Action Pack which I would like to use to
upgrade our W2k Pro (sp4) machines. Running this on a test machine, I
receive the following message:

"Windows xp setup does not support upgrading from Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro
to XP Pro."

At which point I have the option of performing a clean install or exiting.

I'm puzzled by this as my understanding was that full versions (as this is)
could perform in-place upgrades. All the documentation on the MS website
tells me that XP can upgrade W2k Pro.

I've contacted tech support and they tell me that I need an "upgrade"
version. Is this correct?

Mike

You need a "Retail Version" of Windows XP Pro
in order to upgrade over Windows 2000.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"Shared Care" wrote:

| I have an installation CD from our Action Pack which I would like to use to
| upgrade our W2k Pro (sp4) machines. Running this on a test machine, I
| receive the following message:
|
| "Windows xp setup does not support upgrading from Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro
| to XP Pro."
|
| At which point I have the option of performing a clean install or exiting.
|
| I'm puzzled by this as my understanding was that full versions (as this is)
| could perform in-place upgrades. All the documentation on the MS website
| tells me that XP can upgrade W2k Pro.
|
| I've contacted tech support and they tell me that I need an "upgrade"
| version. Is this correct?
|
| Mike

that's what I was using. I'm not using the NFR version that also came in the
Action Pack.

Mike


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23piZ5WTEGHA.268@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> You need a "Retail Version" of Windows XP Pro
> in order to upgrade over Windows 2000.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> "Shared Care" wrote:
>
> | I have an installation CD from our Action Pack which I would like to use
to
> | upgrade our W2k Pro (sp4) machines. Running this on a test machine, I
> | receive the following message:
> |
> | "Windows xp setup does not support upgrading from Microsoft Windows 2000
Pro
> | to XP Pro."
> |
> | At which point I have the option of performing a clean install or
exiting.
> |
> | I'm puzzled by this as my understanding was that full versions (as this
is)
> | could perform in-place upgrades. All the documentation on the MS website
> | tells me that XP can upgrade W2k Pro.
> |
> | I've contacted tech support and they tell me that I need an "upgrade"
> | version. Is this correct?
> |
> | Mike
>