Re: ME to XP Upgrade

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:33:14 -0500

Quite untrue. The purpose of upgrading is to preserve programs, settings,
and user data. Using FASTWIZ does not preserve a program, it preserves
settings and data for a program.

I would suspect the user accidentally chose a new installation rather than
upgrade during setup. If this is the case, reinstalling from the original
media is the only option. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Rich Barry" <rbarry@socal.rr.com> wrote in message 
news:02sUd.15253$VD5.13883@twister.socal.rr.com...
>   Fiona, unfortunately most of the programs that you had working with Me 
> need to be reinstalled when you upgraded. Programs when they install 
> usually place entries in the Registry and XP's Registry replaces the old 
> one. If you had used
>  the Files Transfer Wizard you might have been able to save all your 
> programs. Take a look here
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_november12.mspx
>
> "fiona" <someone@example.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message 
> news:9D0B6129-83C9-488D-A39A-EE4ED5712A5C@microsoft.com...
>> Recently Upgraded from ME to XP, in so doing my original factory 
>> installed
>> versions of Office 2000 programs (excel, word) appear to have been 
>> deleted.
>> How do I recover?  Since these came factory installed I do not have disks 
>> to
>> reinstall.
>> Thanks,
>> -- 
>> fiona
>
>

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