Windows XP Home Upgrade to XP Pro acting weird

I upgraded a Windows XP Home SP2 with a Win XP Pro SP 2 CD and it did not
complain about anything. However, besides running slow, here are some of the
things I now notice do not seem right and I don't understand it...sort of
1. HOME had IE 7, it is no longer there and I have now an IE 6 that acts
really strange. If I click on Windows Catalog or Windows Update, it opens
two browser windows and one remains blank. The other ones starts flickering
and eventually , it may display something.
2. Windows Update works, but it wont install anything. I followed a
troubleshooting tip and found the Windows Update folder empty under
c:\program files. The tip didn't tell me anything else after that...there
were no files in that folder.

The installation was activated.
The hard drive was defragged.

So, I know I cannot uninstall and go back to XP Home which ran fantastic (I
upgraded because my daughter needed Pro to run some programs that require
it). I don't know what to try and afraid to do anything in case I find a way
to revert to HOME. Prior to installation, I did not do was uninstall the
Antivirus or the firewall. I disabled to Symantec firewall for 4 hrs is all
I did. I did not know that this was suggested before the upgrade. I hope
a MVP can guide on how to correct the situation. It was a pretty fast
machine ..... and I had to tell my daughter not to install anything in it
yet...

RCampy wrote:
> I upgraded a Windows XP Home SP2 with a Win XP Pro SP 2 CD and it
> did not complain about anything. However, besides running slow,
> here are some of the things I now notice do not seem right and I
> don't understand it...sort of
> 1. HOME had IE 7, it is no longer there and I have now an IE 6 that
> acts really strange. If I click on Windows Catalog or Windows
> Update, it opens two browser windows and one remains blank. The
> other ones starts flickering and eventually , it may display
> something.
> 2. Windows Update works, but it wont install anything. I followed a
> troubleshooting tip and found the Windows Update folder empty under
> c:\program files. The tip didn't tell me anything else after
> that...there were no files in that folder.
>
> The installation was activated.
> The hard drive was defragged.
>
> So, I know I cannot uninstall and go back to XP Home which ran
> fantastic (I upgraded because my daughter needed Pro to run some
> programs that require it). I don't know what to try and afraid to
> do anything in case I find a way to revert to HOME. Prior to
> installation, I did not do was uninstall the Antivirus or the
> firewall. I disabled to Symantec firewall for 4 hrs is all I did.
> I did not know that this was suggested before the upgrade. I hope
> a MVP can guide on how to correct the situation. It was a pretty
> fast machine ..... and I had to tell my daughter not to install
> anything in it yet...

See my response to this seemingly identical issue (recent):
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...a4ae90f59d6a09

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Shenan, you are the man. I did a bit more than what your tip pointed me to,
but it took me to the right place. I now have a screaming Windows XP PRO SP2
workstation and seems to be running happy. Thank you for helping me and
everyone. Have a good year.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> RCampy wrote:
> > I upgraded a Windows XP Home SP2 with a Win XP Pro SP 2 CD and it
> > did not complain about anything. However, besides running slow,
> > here are some of the things I now notice do not seem right and I
> > don't understand it...sort of
> > 1. HOME had IE 7, it is no longer there and I have now an IE 6 that
> > acts really strange. If I click on Windows Catalog or Windows
> > Update, it opens two browser windows and one remains blank. The
> > other ones starts flickering and eventually , it may display
> > something.
> > 2. Windows Update works, but it wont install anything. I followed a
> > troubleshooting tip and found the Windows Update folder empty under
> > c:\program files. The tip didn't tell me anything else after
> > that...there were no files in that folder.
> >
> > The installation was activated.
> > The hard drive was defragged.
> >
> > So, I know I cannot uninstall and go back to XP Home which ran
> > fantastic (I upgraded because my daughter needed Pro to run some
> > programs that require it). I don't know what to try and afraid to
> > do anything in case I find a way to revert to HOME. Prior to
> > installation, I did not do was uninstall the Antivirus or the
> > firewall. I disabled to Symantec firewall for 4 hrs is all I did.
> > I did not know that this was suggested before the upgrade. I hope
> > a MVP can guide on how to correct the situation. It was a pretty
> > fast machine ..... and I had to tell my daughter not to install
> > anything in it yet...
>
> See my response to this seemingly identical issue (recent):
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...a4ae90f59d6a09
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

RCampy wrote:
> I upgraded a Windows XP Home SP2 with a Win XP Pro SP 2 CD and it
> did not complain about anything. However, besides running slow,
> here are some of the things I now notice do not seem right and I
> don't understand it...sort of
> 1. HOME had IE 7, it is no longer there and I have now an IE 6 that
> acts really strange. If I click on Windows Catalog or Windows
> Update, it opens two browser windows and one remains blank. The
> other ones starts flickering and eventually , it may display
> something.
> 2. Windows Update works, but it wont install anything. I followed a
> troubleshooting tip and found the Windows Update folder empty under
> c:\program files. The tip didn't tell me anything else after
> that...there were no files in that folder.
>
> The installation was activated.
> The hard drive was defragged.
>
> So, I know I cannot uninstall and go back to XP Home which ran
> fantastic (I upgraded because my daughter needed Pro to run some
> programs that require it). I don't know what to try and afraid to
> do anything in case I find a way to revert to HOME. Prior to
> installation, I did not do was uninstall the Antivirus or the
> firewall. I disabled to Symantec firewall for 4 hrs is all I did.
> I did not know that this was suggested before the upgrade. I hope
> a MVP can guide on how to correct the situation. It was a pretty
> fast machine ..... and I had to tell my daughter not to install
> anything in it yet...

Shenan wrote:
> See my response to this seemingly identical issue (recent):
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...a4ae90f59d6a09

RCampy wrote:
> Shenan, you are the man. I did a bit more than what your tip
> pointed me to, but it took me to the right place. I now have a
> screaming Windows XP PRO SP2 workstation and seems to be running
> happy. Thank you for helping me and everyone. Have a good year.


Glad it helped. Thanks for coming back to let me know!

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html