> Uhm...that already exists doesn't it?  I've upgraded from 7.0->7.1 without
> losing any of my setup.  I've also done the upgrade from
> 7.1->7.2beta on one of my non-work computers.  Where's the problem?

I've not tried the latest releases, but upgrading 6.5 to 7.0 didn't work - I
had to totally re-install.

> Microsoft has managed to have an "upgrade" because they want to make you
> pay more money for an upgrade.  What they provide is a new installation
> that looks to see if you have an old one (and thus can pay the lower
> price of the upgrade).  But when you go from W'95->W'98 you overwrite the
> registry completely and they rearrange the directory structure
> sufficiently that you end up having to reinstall most third
> party applications.

Interesting - I've upgraded LOADS of machines from 95 to 98, and NEVER had
any problems!

Oh well.

Regards,
Ozz.



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