Unable to upgrade to WinXP professional from pre-installed Home w

Hi! I have a SONY VGCRB53 desktop computer with pre-installed winxp home +
SP2. I cannot upgrade to winxp professional (without SP1/2) without a clean
installation.

SONY support site says "Upgrading from Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Service Pack 2 (SP2) to Professional Edition
without SP1 or SP2 is not supported. Contact Microsoft for a CD containing
the Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition operating system with the
appropriate Service Pack. "

But I couldn't find a way to "contact" microsoft without paying $45CAD.
Is there any way I can upgrade for free?? (I do not have a winxp
professional disk with any SPs)

thanks!

You need a "Retail Version", and not an "OEM Version",
of Windows XP Professional, in order to "Upgrade".

All you need to do is make a SP2 slipstreamed version of your
current Windows XP Pro, then use the new CD to perform a
"Upgrade".

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Either one of the following utilities makes slipstreaming
(integrating) SP2 into Windows XP a breeze:

Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?act...showarticle=49

or

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 (preferred)
http://www.wbeta.com/comments.php?shownews=1063&catid=2

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

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

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"MELPOMENE" wrote:

| Hi! I have a SONY VGCRB53 desktop computer with pre-installed winxp home +
| SP2. I cannot upgrade to winxp professional (without SP1/2) without a clean
| installation.
|
| SONY support site says "Upgrading from Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
| with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Service Pack 2 (SP2) to Professional Edition
| without SP1 or SP2 is not supported. Contact Microsoft for a CD containing
| the Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition operating system with the
| appropriate Service Pack. "
|
| But I couldn't find a way to "contact" microsoft without paying $45CAD.
| Is there any way I can upgrade for free?? (I do not have a winxp
| professional disk with any SPs)
|
| thanks!

Disreguard what carrie fisk mvp is telling you,she's wrong....With youre xp cd
pro,install the cd,exit the info page,restart computer,boot the pc to the
xp cd,
at boot menu screen select,install xp,new copy,delete the partition (xp
home),
create one,then let xp pro format and do a clean installation.Carrie fisk is
attempting you to install pro over home,its not advisable as to how microsoft
reccomends the install of home to pro...

"MELPOMENE" wrote:

> Hi! I have a SONY VGCRB53 desktop computer with pre-installed winxp home +
> SP2. I cannot upgrade to winxp professional (without SP1/2) without a clean
> installation.
>
> SONY support site says "Upgrading from Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
> with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Service Pack 2 (SP2) to Professional Edition
> without SP1 or SP2 is not supported. Contact Microsoft for a CD containing
> the Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition operating system with the
> appropriate Service Pack. "
>
> But I couldn't find a way to "contact" microsoft without paying $45CAD.
> Is there any way I can upgrade for free?? (I do not have a winxp
> professional disk with any SPs)
>
> thanks!

"Andrew E." is 100% wrong. Please disregard
his poor and in-eXPerienced advice!

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

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"Andrew E." wrote:

| Disreguard what carrie fisk mvp is telling you,she's wrong....With youre xp cd
| pro,install the cd,exit the info page,restart computer,boot the pc to the
| xp cd,
| at boot menu screen select,install xp,new copy,delete the partition (xp
| home),
| create one,then let xp pro format and do a clean installation.Carrie fisk is
| attempting you to install pro over home,its not advisable as to how microsoft
| reccomends the install of home to pro...
|
| "MELPOMENE" wrote:
|
| > Hi! I have a SONY VGCRB53 desktop computer with pre-installed winxp home +
| > SP2. I cannot upgrade to winxp professional (without SP1/2) without a clean
| > installation.
| >
| > SONY support site says "Upgrading from Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
| > with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Service Pack 2 (SP2) to Professional Edition
| > without SP1 or SP2 is not supported. Contact Microsoft for a CD containing
| > the Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition operating system with the
| > appropriate Service Pack. "
| >
| > But I couldn't find a way to "contact" microsoft without paying $45CAD.
| > Is there any way I can upgrade for free?? (I do not have a winxp
| > professional disk with any SPs)
| >
| > thanks!

Andrew;
Please read the OPs post again.
The OP wants to UPGRADE and not Clean Installation as you suggest
Perhaps the OP wants to keep data and settings which your plan destroys..

Upgrading from Windows XP Home to Pro is advised by Microsoft and usually
has no problems unlike previous operating systems.
Wherever you got the information that it is not advisable, it is not from
Microsoft.

There is at least one other error in your post, but I leave that to you.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
news:580770A9-C099-475D-A611-3BB431982304@microsoft.com...
> Disreguard what carrie fisk mvp is telling you,she's wrong....With youre
> xp cd
> pro,install the cd,exit the info page,restart computer,boot the pc to the
> xp cd,
> at boot menu screen select,install xp,new copy,delete the partition (xp
> home),
> create one,then let xp pro format and do a clean installation.Carrie fisk
> is
> attempting you to install pro over home,its not advisable as to how
> microsoft
> reccomends the install of home to pro...

In news:580770A9-C099-475D-A611-3BB431982304@microsoft.com,
Andrew E. <eckrichco@msn.com> replied with a ;-)
> Disreguard what carrie fisk mvp is telling you,she's wrong....With
> youre xp cd pro,install the cd,exit the info page,restart
> computer,boot the pc to the
> xp cd,
> at boot menu screen select,install xp,new copy,delete the partition
> (xp home),
> create one,then let xp pro format and do a clean installation.Carrie
> fisk is attempting you to install pro over home,its not advisable as
> to how microsoft reccomends the install of home to pro...

Andrew E is a newsgroup menace, do not follow his malicious advice.
All you need is the Pro upgrade and Microsoft has a web page that lists it
as a valid upgrade path.
Andrew E has been asked many times to produce his documentation where
Microsoft says not to upgrade.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...ing/matrix.asp

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