Actually, I wasn't asking about the quality of the upgrade (although it's good to know), what I really want to know is if a Full version lets you do an upgrade. Like I said, in the past, you couldn't, which just seems completely unfair.
-rc > -----Original Message----- > From: fluffy bananachunks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 10:59 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: M$ Upgrade/Full > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 31 December 2001 11:04, rcamden wrote: > : Question - in the past, Microsoft has had this _asinine_ > policy where if > : you spent _more_ for the Full version of an OS instead of just the > : upgrade, you couldn't use the full version to upgrade an > earlier OS. For > : example, I seem to remember that if you had the full > version of Win98, > : you couldn't use it to upgrade a Win95 install. This meant your only > : option was to try to backup everything by hand. (Yes, I know that's > : safer, but this still seems silly.) Anyway, does anyone know if this > : applies to WinMe-WinXP and Win2kPro-WinXPPro? > : > : -rc > > That's about the only thing I'll hand to MS at this point - > the upgrade was > good... At work I did successfully upgrade 3 2k machines, as > well as a 98SE > one with ZERO hassle (all to XP Pro)... Nonetheless, I did > this while > shaking my head. And when I was done, I went back to work on my SuSE > workstation.... > > geo > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE8MIs+6lWSWPFnGFARAi/zAJ45HA8bKXP0wmmtzjuX0qlABD4UGwCgh6Wj > 3mbn1GaTLqrAg0pmcDgm+2o= > =oNmr > ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
