WIN 2 K Reinstall

[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 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 surrvived had I over written the original
directory?

 

[Eric McG]

If you had done an in-place upgrade, you would have retained your applications
but you would have to re-apply all the patches & hotfixes for the OS and
browser. See these articles for more info:

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 Windows 2000 upgrade changes and what it does not change
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306952/EN-US/