RE: In-Place Upgrade - 2000 to 2003

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Well, an in-place upgrade cannot complete clean-up W2k stuff. This means
you'll probably end up with a W2K3 systemen with loads of W2K files around.
Second, an upgrade is VERY risky: you could very well end up with nothing
instead of a fresh installed machine.
Third, upgraded installs tend to be less stable than clean installs.

Just a few examples I can think of at the moment....

Regards,
--

Michel Boks - B.ICT
MCSE NT4/2000


"Keith" wrote:

> Can anyone suggest any reasons why I should NOT do the following:
>
> In-place upgrade from 2000 to 2003.
>
> Server has Exchange 2000 (also to upgrade to 2003) and ISA 2000 (to stay as
> 2000) on it.
>
> Some people have advised against in-place upgrades but didn't give too much
> info as to why - just said it was not adviseable.
>
>
>
.



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