I would recommend against upgrading if possible. Also, make sure you thoroughly test applications you're company uses on a regular basis on Windows XP before you take the plunge. Get familiar with the Compatiblity Wizard for applications as well as directory rights placed on the system drive from a fresh install. I recently upgraded a 6000 seat organization from Windows NT 4 to Windows XP and they had over 180 custom applications written just for them, not too mention all the oracle apps and what not they had as well. We went through two months of just testing their apps on Windows XP before we began.
Cheers, Tony -----Original Message----- From: Rob Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 6:31 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: XP Upgrade Hi List-- I'm just starting a project to upgrade our organization (roughly 450 users, scattered in offices around the country) from whichever of a variety of MS OSes (everything from 95 up to 2000) to Windows XP. My preference is to erase and install XP from scratch. (Well, I suppose my actual preference would be to buy all new HDs, install XP on them, and ship 'em out, but that's not going to happen.) But I also know that this will make some of our users unhappy. I also know that in some cases this may not be feasible. So, my question is, have any of you had experience doing an upgrade of workstations from an older OS to XP (not erasing and installing from scratch, just upgrading the OS)? What kind of problems did you have? Is this doable, or is it to be avoided at all costs? Thanks, Rob -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rob Moore American Friends Service Committee IT Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
