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    Problem when upgrading XP Home SP3 to Custom XP Pro SP3...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ravenmorpheus, Jan 9, 2009.

  1. ravenmorpheus

    ravenmorpheus Notebook Deity

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    Hi there

    I have downloaded one of those customised XP Pro ISOs that are around on the web and I'm having problems upgrading from Home SP3 to XP Pro SP3 (which the ISO is but customised).

    Forgive me if this is not allowed to be discussed here. It's not techinically illegal as I understand it as I have a valid key?

    Anyway the problem is that it gets to finishing the "copying files" part in stage one (while still in XP Home SP3) and then it throws up an error message saying asu3ovan.sys is missing.

    Would anyone be able to tell me how I can go about solving that?

    Thanks in advance for any help on this. :)
     
    ravenmorpheus, Jan 9, 2009
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  2. Gregory

    Gregory disassemble?

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    This is not legal. Your XP Home key is only valid for XP Home edition. Not the Professional edition.

    (FYI, downloading such ISO's poses a security risk. Often a key part of the customization is introducing a virus to Windows.)
     
    Gregory, Jan 9, 2009
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