Upgrade from win2Kpro

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r. wales - 29 Jan 2007 21:14 GMT

I need to upgrade several win2Kpro machines to XPpro to bring them in line
with the rest of our equipment. All others were purchased as XP machines. I
have purchased the upgrade licenses with sp2. Is there anything that I
should know before I go into this full speed? I noticed on one test machine
that after the upgrade desktop url shortcuts did not work. Also, there was
no windows folder, does the upgrade install into the winnt forlder? There is
alot of customization on each machine so I would rather not do a fresh
install if I don't have to (although I know that is the best way to go).

Thanks for any help or advice anyone can offer!

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Ron Martell - 29 Jan 2007 22:20 GMT

>I need to upgrade several win2Kpro machines to XPpro to bring them in line
>with the rest of our equipment. All others were purchased as XP machines. I
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>Thanks for any help or advice anyone can offer!

See http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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r. wales - 30 Jan 2007 15:06 GMT

Thanks Ron, I'll check that out.

> >I need to upgrade several win2Kpro machines to XPpro to bring them in line
> >with the rest of our equipment. All others were purchased as XP machines. I
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> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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