Microsoft KB Archive/292607

= Windows XP supported upgrade paths =

Article ID: 292607

Article Last Modified on 3/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q292607





INTRODUCTION
This article describes the supported upgrade paths for Windows XP.



Microsoft Windows 3.x
No supported upgrade paths

Microsoft Windows 95
No supported upgrade paths

Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Windows XP Home Edition Retail (Full) Version

Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade Version

Windows XP Professional Retail (Full) Version

Windows XP Professional Upgrade Version

Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Workstation
No supported upgrade paths

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Windows XP Professional Retail (Full) Version

Windows XP Professional Upgrade Version

Microsoft Windows 2000 Trial Edition
No supported upgrade paths

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Windows XP Professional Retail (Full) Version

Windows XP Professional Upgrade Version

Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Server
No supported upgrade paths

Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Server with Citrix
No supported upgrade paths

Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server
No supported upgrade paths

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Professional Retail (Full) Version

Windows XP Professional Upgrade Version

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with SP1
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 Retail (Full) Version

Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 Upgrade Version

Notes  Microsoft does not support upgrading Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1) to Windows XP Professional without SP1. All versions of Windows NT 4.0 (Windows NT Workstation, Windows NT Server, Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition, and Windows NT Server Terminal Server Edition) must have Service Pack 5 installed before you can upgrade to Windows XP. However, as noted earlier in this article, you cannot upgrade any of the Windows NT 3.51 Server products to Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional editions. To obtain Windows NT Service Pack 5, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows



Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition

Note Windows Setup gives an error message that the Product Key is not valid (invalid) if you attempt an upgrade or repair the installation with Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or with Microsoft Windows XP Professional.

Additional query words: upgrade paths installation install migration

Keywords: kbpubtypekc kbmsccsearch kbenv kbinfo kbsetup kbupgrade KB292607

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