Re: Migration of desktops from W2K to WinXP
- From: Johan Arwidmark <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:16:22 +0200
You'll find good docs about this at Microsoft Desktop Deployment
Center (The BDD 2.5 Solution Accelerator)
Application Compatibility: Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/appcompat/default.mspx
Application Compatibility Feature Team Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/appcompat/AppCompatStep1.mspx
regards
Johan Arwidmark
Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:34:05 -0700, Tony M <Tony
M@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi there
>
>I have been tasked with migrating over 2,500 desktop computers all over the
>county (UK) from Win2K to WinXP. Problem is each user has full local admin
>rights and with the exception of running Win2K and MS Office XP, they each
>have up to 12 different applications running on them, totalling over 500
>unique apps.
>
>My question is - Short of running the WinXP compatability tool from each
>desktop and connecting to the Web to check the XP compatability of each
>application (which I cannot do for time, logistical and financial
>constraints), does anyone know how I can check the compatability of each
>application with WinXP?
>
>My only route so far is to run a software inventory tool on each desktop,
>bring the data back to base and then check each application against the
>parent website for latest versions, storing the results on a spread***.
>
>Help!
>
>Many thanks
.
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