Upgrade SP1 Home SP2 - Dial Up To DSL
Jul 11, 2005
I've been an XP Home SP1 user for quite a while now. I've been hesitant to upgrade to SP2, because I've heard that some common software does not work properly on SP2. Is there any truth to this? Should I stop worrying and just upgrade? Note that my typical usage includes Eudora email, Mozilla web browser,MS Office Pro 2003, some rudementary Eclipse/Java and Visual C++ programming, Norton AV 2005, and Adaware.Also of note is that I am about to change my Internet service from dial-up to DSL, so perhaps there are some firewall considerations.
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Nov 8, 2007
At present I connect to my broadband ISP using a wireless router. So that I can keep a previous email address active I need to log on to an old Pay As You Go dial up connection at least once every 60 days . I have set up the the connection in 'Network connection' in the control panel but get the error " no dial tone " when i try to use it, Should i be disconnecting the router and plugging in the phone cable to the PC directly as we did in pre broadband, dial up only days . Advise please on how to best ' cable ' the set up
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Mar 30, 2005
I just purchased a new computer that came with XP Home SP2 and I tried to upgrade to XP Pro without SP2 and the system wouldn't let me because it says I have a newer version. My XP Pro disk is an upgrade version and I also have an XP2 disk to later upgrade Pro to Pro XP2.
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Aug 15, 2006
I have an interesting upgrade dilemma.I had a PC at home with Windows 98. I legally bought in a store a Windows XP Pro SP1 upgrade disk 3 years ago to upgrade it. I eventually had Microsoft send me the free CD that upgrades to SP2.After 4 years, my PC completely died, motherboard failure. Being on a budget, I bought a PC with XP Home SP2 on it. I wanted to use my XP Pro disk to upgrade it (I would call Microsoft and explain the old PC was trashed, etc. to "reactivate"). But it says that I can't upgrade because the disk is an "older version", I presume because of the SP1 vs. SP2 issue.Is there any way I can do it with the disks I have?
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Nov 27, 2006
No more M.E.Im researching gathering info before i install. The new hard drive wont have any previous partition or format on it. Will i still be able to run "setup windows xp" from the disk ? & patition/format from there.I plan to use the NTFS format.The new hard drive is 120gb twice as much as i need. Im thinking to create two 60gb partitions. Any suggestions on partioning & what to do with the second partiton ? Maybe a bootable ghost copy.I have read suggestions about unplugging hardware devices prior to O.S. install. Like internet, printer, sound card, & video. In doing so the O.S. has a better chance for successful install. Any thoughts on that ? Hopefully it will come together smoothly. I have had some rough ones in the past.
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Mar 5, 2007
I want to upgrade my OS from WIN 2000 Pro SP 4 to WIN XP Home SP 2. I have a retailer who offers this upgrade, but does not specify if you can upgrade from WIN 2000 Pro. In fact, they don't speciy what update options you have with this upgrade pakage (Form - To). I have e-mailed them asking if this upgrade will work for me. But, as yet, they haven't replied to my query. Will this this upgrade work for me?
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Jul 17, 2005
I just upgrade my xp home service pack 1 to professional service pack 2 using the upgrade option.now that I've upgraded, there are several things wrong with my system that I can't seem to fix:
1. Sometimes during shutdown windows hangs at the "saving your settings" dialog, I have to push the power button to have it power off.
2. Right clicking any files (on the desktop, in explorer, and even shortcuts in the start menu) will cause the system to lock up. I have to end task explorer.exe and restart it to get windows back. Special right click menus display without any problems (ie: my computer, recycle bin, desktop, start button)
3. Going into control panel > network connections will lock up the windows.
4. going into internet options > connections locks up just the internet options window.
I've tried uninstalling as many programs I don't need. A reformat is my LAST resort.
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Dec 23, 2004
I have recently discovered that the version of XP-pro that I have is not "completely Legit". It appears that the person which I inherited the PC( amd 1.3gig 256ram 40gig hd ) from, installed a purchased beta version of XP pro sp-2............ The problem is that one of the recent auto up dates, self installes and restarts my machine overnight, unfortunately when I attempt to log on I get "" logon message: The system cannot log you on due to the following error:the program issued a command but the command length is incorrect . please try again or consult your system administrator. " the only way that I can can log on is to try to log on ,is in safe mode and use the last working configuration. moreover it appears this version has about 30-45 more working days of life left. Given all of the above I want to upgrade to a version of xp-home and not lose any of my programs, settings emails etc.
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Apr 8, 2006
I wish to upgrade from 98SE to XP Pro SP2 or Home SP2 (Pro seems a better price)The system is running Windows 98.4.10.2222A (clean install from CD, which I don't have).
Processor is a GenuineIntel x86 Family 15 Model 0 Stepping 10 / RAM is 512MB I have plenty of disk space for the operating system.
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Feb 18, 2006
I successfully upgraded my Gateway from ME to XP Home editions the service paks, except there is a problem with my audio. The audio is scratchy and barely audible when I startup. When I "uncheck" the box "1 speaker digital" in the volume control menu, the sound is works fine not loud enough but ok. The problem is that when I shut down or researt the computer, that checkbox defaults with a check mark and next startup. Gateway says there is a conflict with the sound card and the hard drive and suggested that I download a driver I ALREADY had on there.I have been on the phone for almost one week with Microsoft, and they cannot seem to fix the problem either.
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May 9, 2005
i got xp pro from a friend but i need to reinstall and i want my own copy. Should i get xp home upgrade, oem, or normal. my hd is formatted
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Sep 28, 2006
I installed a copy of XP Home Upgrade. I wanted to see if the machine could handle it. The XP runs beautifully. Of course, I cannot activate it and it's not my intent to circumnavigate the activation. I will now gladly purchase XP Home Upgrade.My question: can I install the store bought XP Home upgrade OVER the non-activated copy? Or should I re-format C: and just rebuild the machine?
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Feb 4, 2008
I had to reformat my HD, and I could not find my XP full system disk, so I installed 2000 pro, then I used XP home edition upgrade to be able to use XP, now when it boots it shows 2 operatings systems and asks me to choose which one I want, well i just hit enter because XP is highlited, but how can I avoid this.
Also, now when I boot it gets to a screen that shows my name and asks for a password, again, I just hit enter and it goes away, and I finally get to my desktop, how to get rid of this problem
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Jul 16, 2005
I am using Windows XP Home edition. I want to use IIS and Windows XP Home edition does not include IIS. Therefore, I'm trying to upgrade from XP home edition to XP Professional. I have tried running the setup.exe from the Windows Professional CD but it gives an "error: 70077, paramater authorization failure".what should I do now to upgrade from XP home edition to XP professional?
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Jul 11, 2006
My Dell 1.4 8100 came with Windows ME. I have since added another hard drive, more Rambus memory (thanks for your kind words) and installed XP sp1 Home upgrade. Later I installed SP2 as well. I would like to do a CLEAN install of XP, but it doesn't seem to want to boot my upgrade disk or my ME disk. When I did RUN, it wouldn't let me install SP1 over SP2. Would uninstalling SP2 help?
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Mar 13, 2008
While I wait to see if I get an answer on how I can fix my current problem, thought i would check on how I might completely relaod computer, just in case I don't get a fix. I have a HP Pavilion P3, it originally came with Windows ME, at a later date i installed an upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition. I have the original 3 disks (2 ea system recovery, and 1 application recovery), I also have the original XP Home upgrade disk with product key. I have already tried this once but it would not work-- I inserted disk 1 (hp system recovery) and booted the computer, after only a second or two the screen went blue and informed me the hard drive could not be found. I thought maybe it was because I was not using ME, so I installed the upgrade disk and booted. It began doing its thing then after loading several files it informed me of a windows error and it shut down windows.
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Sep 26, 2009
Please can some one help me with this one I am just about to throw my laptop out of the window.I had a really bad virus on my laptop the other day and have had to re-install from the original recovery disc (laptop is HP pavillion entertainment Notebook PC - HP Pavillion dv1000 - about 3.5 years old). Luckily all of the data and emails are ok. The problem is that when I bought the laptop I also bought a legitimate XP Proffessional upgards with SP2, now when I go to install this it says that the original version on the laptop is newer than the upgrade, then another message says that the upgrade function has been disbaled. Can this be enabled again and can the upgrade be installed like before without losing any data.
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Mar 31, 2007
Today I tried to update a notebook (Gateway W3223-Ul1) from Xp Home To Xp Pro. Now the computer wont even start I get this blue Screen (look at photo).I can only get the system to start in safe mode, trying to start it normally puts me in an endless look of blue screens.
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Apr 7, 2006
Despite finding the microsoft areas where this upgrade is listed all links within the notes do not work for me despite using I.E. Many links do work but none that allow me to actually get to do an express download of SP2.
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Sep 16, 2005
New system came with XP Home, however when I try to install an older CD of XP Professional Upgrade, it says I can't because the Pro version is older than the newer Home version. Like to avoid going out and buying a new copy of Pro. Also does a copy of windows need to be on the machine first? Or does it just need to check the windows cd?
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Mar 23, 2005
I have a 'new' HP with XP Home on it... I also have a Full upgrade to XP Pro disk from my Dead Computer... I want to 'Upgrade' from Home to Pro; but, I am very nervous is there anything to watch out for? (I don't want to lose anything) - HP Tech Support says it IS possible -yet, after some of their other, not so hot answers, I am very nervous about this... (mainly I don't want to lose the stuff on the Hard Drive (Programs/Files) -they give no CDs. Thought - Comments - To Watch out for?
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Aug 22, 2006
I purchased a used computer with Windows XP Pro installed. I would like to format the drive and install my new version of Windows XP Home upgrade. How do I carry out the process? I can't seem to install Windows XP Home because this is not considered an upgrade.
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Aug 3, 2005
I'm the computer guy in a dentist office and we use shick CDR camera, after we upgrade from xp home to xp pro we started getting the error message "Error Opening Windows Model (WDM) device.
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Nov 18, 2006
me how much memory i can install on my pc and also what size sticks i should buy
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (build 2600) Compaq Presario 5405EA 470032-640 MODEL1
System Serial Number: 4D23KQNTB02G
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.40 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Compaq 073Ch
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Feb 25, 2006
dial up connection of windows xp is too big i cant find how to resize as normal?
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Dec 11, 2005
I keep getting this pop-up "Dial-up Connection" box. I have cable internet connection and it's very annoying. Something has infiltrated my computer any ideas how to stop it?
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Sep 19, 2007
It keeps on saying that the port is in use by another application or somethin of that nature even when there are no other applications running.and only essential process' are running.
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Oct 4, 2009
I had my laptop serviced by the manufacturer. I had the hard disk restored from backup and I ran into a problem with the fax which had not existed before the service. I am trying to establish whether the problem is with the hardware which requires to send the laptop back. I have one phone line which I split into two by inserting 2 RJ11 cables into a dual connector: one goes to the phone, one to the laptop/fax. I use one device at a time, of course. When I try to fax from the laptop I don't get a dial tone. I also noticed that as long as the fax line is inserted into the connector, the phone does not get a dial tone either; when I disconnect the fax cable, the phone tone comes back.
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Jun 26, 2005
My Dial-up connection box keeps coming up when I am away from my computer. I had it set for auto connect in the past, but it would go on line buy it self, so I had to change that. This started after I up graded to windows XP
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Jul 25, 2005
I'm trying to set up a remote connection so I can control and troubleshoot my other computer from my house, we both use dial up and windows xp is this feasible? What is the program that I want to look at? I've searched around but there isn't much mention of dialup anymore these days and we both cannot get any type of broadband
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Jul 20, 2005
I have an XP laptop that has both a dial up and an ethernet location. When at work I use an ethernet cable to check e-mail and connect to the internet. When at home I use a mindspring dial up. When I am at work with my ethernet connection, whenever I try to get onto the internet I get a message saying that I am offline. A get a message asking me to connect or cancel. When I connect, it does take me to the correct page. This happens all of the time. I can connect to each page every time I get this message but is seems to think I am in dial up mode.
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