Reinstallation of WIN2K

[Guest]

Is it possible to reinstall Windows 2000 and retain registry
information and whatever it takes to run the old applications.
(I.e. intitialization files, dll's, etc)

WIN 2k was reinstalled in a new "wint" directory and almost
none of the old applications could find their .dll's. What a downer!!

What, if anything, would have survived had I over written the
original directory?

 

[Bjorn Landemoo]

Paul

Reinstalling over an old installation is called an in-place upgrade. This
MS Knowledge Base article describes what it does and what it doesn't do:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=306952

This article also links to another article that describes how to perform an
in-place upgrade.

Best regards

Bjorn

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Is it possible to reinstall Windows 2000 and retain registry
information and whatever it takes to run the old applications.
(I.e. intitialization files, dll's, etc)

WIN 2k was reinstalled in a new "wint" directory and almost
none of the old applications could find their .dll's. What a
downer!!

What, if anything, would have survived had I over written the
original directory?

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q292175

What an In-Place Win2K Upgrade Changes and What It Doesn't
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952

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Bruce Chambers

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