Re: NT WKS to W2K rollout

>-----Original Message-----
>I agree, clean wipe is much better; I didn't do anything
special with
>the roaming profiles though; just logged off NT one day,
and straight
>into 2000 the next.
>
>Kevin Mattson wrote:
>> I have migrated many workstations from NT to 2000. The
most successful
>> and consistent method I have seen is to perform a wipe
a load instead
>> of an upgrade. I like to use imaging software to
perform this. Also
>> if you have roaming user profiles you will want to
create new profiles.
>> You can use the User State Migration Tool to capture
settings from the
>> old profile or at the least copy the favorites.
>>
>> Kevin Mattson
>> www.deploy-tech.net
>>
>>
>> TrxyM5 wrote:
>>
>>>Have any of you done a successful company-wide upgrade
>>>from Windows NT Workstation to Windows 2000
Professional?
>>>We have about 50 boxes left and are in disagreement as
to
>>>the best way to go about it. Any advice would help!
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>--
>Gerry Hickman (London UK)
>
>.
I would agree. I migrated over 300 computers from
WIN98/WINNT to WIN2000 and did a wipe and load on each and
everyone of them. Takes a bit longer but you know the
saying: better to spend a little time/money upfront than
to spend a whole lotta time/money afterwards...

There would be far few problems with the wipe and load
method. Plus, for the WINNT clients you would not have
the same directory structure. Meaning, you will not
have "Documents and Settings" with each user profile
located in there. It would stay the "NT" way - having
each user profile located in the the Profiles folder which
is located inside the WINNT folder...IIRC.

HTH,

Cary

Cary Shultz wrote:
> There would be far few problems with the wipe and load
> method. Plus, for the WINNT clients you would not have
> the same directory structure.

Exactly; I ran into this exact problem today. A user reported an obscure
problem that didn't make any sense in my "clean" build; when I got to
her machine I realized she was on an "upgrade" (I'd forgotten to zap and
re-build), so I wasted time sorting it out, whereas it would never have
happened on a clean box.

--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)