Here's my personal guideline, formed from my own experience, plus info from trusted colleagues.
In all cases, assume that the machine was well maintained, without a whole lot of crap or 3rd party psuedo fix it software. NT to 2000 or XP ......... Highly Recommended Upgrade 2000 to XP ............... Highly Recommended Upgrade Win 95/98 to NT .......... Not Recommended Upgrade Win 95/98 to 2000 ........ Not Recommended Upgrade Win 95/98 to XP .......... Barely Recommended Upgrade WinME to anything ........ DO NOT EVER DO THIS unless enjoy trouble or are looking to improve your troubleshooting skills. ASB http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Lum, David 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]> ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
