upgrading to XP Pro form 2k Pro Problem

I want to upgrade from 2k Pro to XP Pro, but the setup program is telling me
I am not eligable to upgrade. It lists "One possible cause could be less than
64 mb of RAM." The computer I want to upgrade currently has +1 gb of RAM
installed! No other conflicts are reported during the compatibility scan.
I definitely do not want to reformat the drive and perform a clean install!
If that is my only option, I would rather stay with win 2k.
Computer configuration:
Dell Poweredge 2500
P4 1.5 GHZ Processor
1.3 GB RAM

Any help on where to begin finding the cause of not being able to upgrade
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

You need a "Retail Version", and not an "OEM Version",
of Windows XP 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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"vicezilla" wrote:

| I want to upgrade from 2k Pro to XP Pro, but the setup program is telling me
| I am not eligable to upgrade. It lists "One possible cause could be less than
| 64 mb of RAM." The computer I want to upgrade currently has +1 gb of RAM
| installed! No other conflicts are reported during the compatibility scan.
| I definitely do not want to reformat the drive and perform a clean install!
| If that is my only option, I would rather stay with win 2k.
| Computer configuration:
| Dell Poweredge 2500
| P4 1.5 GHZ Processor
| 1.3 GB RAM
|
| Any help on where to begin finding the cause of not being able to upgrade
| would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I think that the problem is that this is a server! Dell PowerEdge 2500 is a
server-class machine. I would check with the Dell web site to see if this
is possible. And, are you sure that you are running WIN2000 Pro and not
WIN2000 Server?

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:uZUmFMsAGHA.312@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> You need a "Retail Version", and not an "OEM Version",
> of Windows XP in order to upgrade over Windows 2000.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "vicezilla" wrote:
>
> | I want to upgrade from 2k Pro to XP Pro, but the setup program is
> telling me
> | I am not eligable to upgrade. It lists "One possible cause could be less
> than
> | 64 mb of RAM." The computer I want to upgrade currently has +1 gb of RAM
> | installed! No other conflicts are reported during the compatibility
> scan.
> | I definitely do not want to reformat the drive and perform a clean
> install!
> | If that is my only option, I would rather stay with win 2k.
> | Computer configuration:
> | Dell Poweredge 2500
> | P4 1.5 GHZ Processor
> | 1.3 GB RAM
> |
> | Any help on where to begin finding the cause of not being able to
> upgrade
> | would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>

That was it. I used a "Retail Version" disk, and the install went in with no
problems.
Thanks Carey.


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> You need a "Retail Version", and not an "OEM Version",
> of Windows XP in order to upgrade over Windows 2000.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "vicezilla" wrote:
>
> | I want to upgrade from 2k Pro to XP Pro, but the setup program is telling me
> | I am not eligable to upgrade. It lists "One possible cause could be less than
> | 64 mb of RAM." The computer I want to upgrade currently has +1 gb of RAM
> | installed! No other conflicts are reported during the compatibility scan.
> | I definitely do not want to reformat the drive and perform a clean install!
> | If that is my only option, I would rather stay with win 2k.
> | Computer configuration:
> | Dell Poweredge 2500
> | P4 1.5 GHZ Processor
> | 1.3 GB RAM
> |
> | Any help on where to begin finding the cause of not being able to upgrade
> | would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>