I did a W2k to XP Pro on my pc. Yuk, what a mess. I ended up spending half a day reformatting, installing the XP and reinstalling all my programs and data.
Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Mem Med Ctr -----Original Message----- From: Avi Smith-Rapaport [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:45 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Upgrading OS (was RE: install Windows 2000 professional) Any experience from anything to XP yet? -----Original Message----- From: Lum, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:32 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Upgrading OS (was RE: install Windows 2000 professional) Interesting. I have upgraded several NT4 and Win98 machine to W2K with no issues. The NT4 upgrade is almost too easy! Win98 --> W2K took 70mins on a PII 500 /64M RAM. Win95 is not as happy upgrading in my experience, but the several - over a dozen - 98/NT4 machines I've upgraded in a networked environment have given me zero problems. The only issue I've had is user confusion between Win98 ---> Win2K. Of course time/resources allowing a fresh install is always preferable. Dave Lum - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Network Specialist - Textron Financial 503-675-5510 -----Original Message----- From: Avi Smith-Rapaport [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 09:16 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: install Windows 2000 professional I would HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend NEVER upgrading an os. Just back up data and do a fresh install. No need to bring up those issues. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Coughlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:48 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: install Windows 2000 professional I was referring to an upgrade, not a transfer. If the HP was installed with a Windows OS, OEM or otherwise, an upgrade version of W2K should be an option. Ken -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:24 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: install Windows 2000 professional On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, at 10:12am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If the HP had a Windows OS, you should be able to purchase a Win2K upgrade > for the previous OS. Most PCs come with an "OEM" version of Windows, which is licensed for that specific machine only. It is not transferable to another computer. Only the FPP (Full Packaged Product) license is transferable. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ------ 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.unsub%% ------ 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.unsub%% ------ 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]
