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by glennyrue

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I bought a PC with window xp professional and no key to keep. So i bought xp home edition to enstall but when i try to install it wount let me. It said current installation is not a supperted upgrade path. Please help? Thanks

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by sue t

Is the XP Home Edition that you bought an upgrade version or the full version? It sounds like it is an upgrade version and the reason it won't work is because XP Professional is actually considered a higher version then XP Home Edition. What you could do if you have Windows 98 CD is to reformat your drive, install 98 and then upgrade to Windows XP Home. Or you could contact the store where you bought it and ask them if they will refund your money for the upgrade version and then buy the full version of XP.

by stress junkie

You just never know what is going to go wrong. Yes, the full installation version costs twice as much but I figure even if you get an upgrade version to work you may still be missing stuff. You just never know.

by charliespencer

Usually Pro is regarded as being an upgrade from Home. You're getting the error message because you're trying to downgrade Pro to Home.

I'm assuming you would prefer to have the Pro key instead of installing Home. Did you buy the computer new or used? If new, you should be able to contact the company you bought it from to get a key. If used, you may have problems. It's possible you have an illegal version of Pro. As a quick check, go to Microsoft's web site and run the validation tool. If it says your system is valid, contact MS and ask them for help with the key. If your system isn't valid, you're probably stuck with Sue's suggestion of installing an older version of Windows and then upgrading it to Home.

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