XP Home to XP Pro Upgrade - clean install.
Interestingly enough System Retore is disabled/stopped and I can not restore
the service.

Tried Regedit and looked for prog names >63 char, but none found under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall.

Any suggestions....

 

"Matthew" <Matthew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> XP Home to XP Pro Upgrade - clean install.
> Interestingly enough System Retore is disabled/stopped and I can not
> restore
> the service.
>
> Tried Regedit and looked for prog names >63 char, but none found under
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall.
>
> Any suggestions....

Try this one for the SR service not starting:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841568

Try this one for add/remove problems:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266668

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SC Tom