Re: Will I lose any previously loaded programs

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Doug <stand@attention> replied with a ;-)
Yes, Michael, I should have said that I experienced these
problems. Others have had few problems. Live and learn, I say.

Cheers

Doug
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Cool, and as per an article in the news today, Cool is still Cool to use.
8-)
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"Michael Stevens" <mstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Doug <stand@attention> replied with a ;-)
Absolutely not true, eh?

Well , it was TRUE for MY computer. For other computers I am
sure things can be different.

I read everything available before installing XP and was
appalled when things did not come out as they were supposed
to.
I spend many hours rectifying things. A good many dlls were
missing or did not work with XP. I was especially teed off
with
"The Works" as it DID NOT work and could not be re-installed
from the installation files on the HD.

Doug

So you had a botched upgrade, doesn't mean this the norm and
you should make statements to that effect. That is the reason
you prep for a clean install and then go for the upgrade.
Don't know why you got the results you did, but it is not one
I ever experienced in the 100 + upgrades I have done.
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"Michael Stevens" <mstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Doug" <stand@attention> wrote in message
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Barry: Don't believe everything that you hear. You will
have
to
re-install MOST of your programs so that they are
registered
with XP. MOST of the programs currently installed will
physically be on the hardrive BUT many won't RUN. You will
LOSE
all of your addresses in ADDRESS BOOK. You will lose all of
your
FAVORITES in IE Explorer.

MOST of your stuff in MY DOCUMENTS will be gone. And I mean
gone.

So back-up/archive anything of value including all of your
music
files.. Wouldn't hurt to save all word processor documents
and
spreadsheets to an external disk (floppy) or device. Same
with
database files as per "Works".

I put a lot of stuff on USB flash drives before installing
Win
XP and was glad that I did. If you can't archive...at least
do a
PRINTOUT of addresses, FAVORITES, etc.

Conditions vary from computer to computer as you can well
imagine. Prepare ahead and read all you can from Microsoft
re:
the transition to Win XP. I like XP and once it gets
tweaked
it
works reasonably well.

Doug
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This is absolutely not true. A upgrade will leave files and
setting and compatible software will run without
reinstalling.
But any upgrade should be approached and prepped in the same
way you would do a clean install.

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"Barry" <Barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have windows 98se. If I upgrade to XP Home will the
upgrade
erase all my
previous loaded software I've loaded or downloaded on my
PC.



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