Re: Cleaning up a Win 98 that was upgraded to Win 2000

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From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_NoSpam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 05/09/04

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    "Howard Kaikow" wrote:
    |I was thinking of two approaches:
    |
    | 1. Re-install Win 2000 over itself. Wouldn't that eliminate the keys
    | referring to the win 98 upgrade, whilst leaving the applications intact?
    But
    | I'm not sure that I have enough free space on the drive if much space is
    | needed for temporary files during the re-install.
    * You can try it. This is the same as an in-place upgrade which is probably
    where you're at now.

    How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q292175

    What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952

    | 2. Do a repair. But I doubt that this would remove the keys referring to
    the
    | Win 98 upgrade.
    * At this point there really isn't anything to repair. 

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