Re: Going fromWin98SE to Win2000

From: Danny Sanders (Danny.Sanders_at_NO-SPAMcpcmed.org)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:00:41 -0700

I have upgraded the 40 to 50 Dell Optiplex computers at this company from NT
4.0/Win 98 to Win 2k. I can say that not once did I have to go "searching"
for drivers. Win 2k had them all.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

"Dan Seur" <click@casta.net> wrote in message
news:OM87WAW3EHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> James - three things:
>
> 1. from within W98SE, you can run (from the W2k CD):
> winnt32.exe /checkupgradeonly
> and this will analyze your hardware for potential W2k install problems,
> and suggest solutions. It will NOT start a W2k install. It's a built-in
> way of making sure your hardware is supported, or at least discovering
> which if any devices the W2k package, as issued, can't support (you'd
> have to find/download drivers).
>
> 2. You probably know this, but it's always best to do a clean W2k
> install instead of an upgrade, to avoid propagating various registry and
> other subtle corruptions that may exist and can cause serious headaches.
> Reinstalling apps actually takes less time than those headaches can.
>
> 3. From watching this group for a few years, it seems that except for
> Very Old Hardware there's little difficulty in finding W2k drivers.
>
> James Savage wrote:
>
> > I have contemplated going from Win98SE to Win2000 for some time. My
> > hesitation has always been in getting all the correct drivers, etc for
the
> > new operating system. I have a Dell Optiplex and Dell points you to a
part
> > of their website where drivers are located. I have found trying to
determine
> > which ones I need rather daunting - but that could be just me. I have
been
> > told that Win2000 has a good number of the necessary drivers, but I am
not
> > sure.
> > Probably the question I am asking is - how big a deal is it changing to
the
> > Win2000 operating system (knowing that part of the answer is it depends
on
> > what equipment I have) ? Thanks.
> >
> >
>

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