Matt Soffen wrote:
> At 11:30 PM 11/29/98 -0800, Jack Killpatrick wrote:
> [snip]
> >Can anyone tell me if it is possible to do an upgrade without
> losing all the
> >NT Workstation configs and app setup info. I've heard rumor that the real
> >difference between NT Workstation and NT Server is a registry
> setting (and
> >the extra web server software that comes with NT Server). If so,
> I'd like to
> >know....would sure beat having to start from scratch. I'm really
> just trying
> >to test some software that "requires NT Server" to run. I think
> the app is
> >just checking a version or some config file, rather than trying
> to load some
> >NT Server specific files (but I'm willing to upgrade all the way to NT
> >Server anyway).
>
> You should be able to dump the registry to a .reg file (using
> regedit). And as for the settings that say server vs.
> workstation, don't worry. The settings are protected by NT so
> you CAN'T change them (not without a few special programs anyways *g* )
>
> This should work for you. As the saying goes YMMV (Your milage may vary).
You say "should*, but have you done it? Using this method, I would backup
all the registry files (for different profiles), along with all the rest of
the profile stuff, do the install of NTS, then "restore" by copying my
registry and profile stuff back onto the NTS install, right? It sounds like
I'd have to install NT Server from scratch and then restore everything? Will
NT Server install right on top of NT Workstation without deleting everything
on that partition that's there already? Seems like a simple question, but
I'm amazed at how hard it's been to find the answer.
Jack
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