Re: Upgrading from Win95 to XP

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 06:53:39 -0500

Hi David,

There is no supported upgrade path from Win95 to WinXP. You can use Win95 to
qualify for installing an upgrade version, but it will only perform a clean
installation. Programs will need to be reinstalled, and you should verify
ahead of time that they will run in a WinXP environment. Much of the older
DOS software used direct hardware access, if this is the case those programs
will not run in the NT system (it does not allow programs to have that sort
of access).

I would take a very careful look at this machine before upgrading, as XP's
hardware requirements are quite stringent. Many machines from the Win95 era
cannot possibly support it, even the "high end" ones. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science!  That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
<djcialespr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:106c401c3f2d9$52534600$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> To whom it may concern:
>
> I want to upgrade my Operational software from Win95 to
> WinXP without loosing functionality of the programs that
> I'm using. I have software that works on DOS, and other
> statistical package (as SPSS) that are esential to do my
> professional works. Thans for the attention to this note.
>
> David, MS

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