In place upgrade Windows 2000 - effect on registry settings, grouppolicy

[BertieBigBollox]

I've performed an in place upgrade of any existing windows
installation.

I know the SPs and windows patches will need to be redone, but what
effect does it have on the registry and group policies etc? Does it,
in fact, set them back to default state or are settings retained?

 

[Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]]

Hello (e-mail address removed),

Do you talk about a server or workstation? To which OS did you upgrade, 2003
or 2003 R2? You have of course update the new OS with the current SP/patches.

Because you are takling about GPOs i assume it is a server, member or domain
controller?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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[BertieBigBollox]

Hello (e-mail address removed),

Do you talk about a server or workstation? To which OS did you upgrade, 2003
or 2003 R2? You have of course update the new OS with the current SP/patches.

Because you are takling about GPOs i assume it is a server, member or domain
controller?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Standalone Windows 2000 server. It had Windows 2000 SP4 + patches.

Because I changed the hardware, I had to do an inplace install. I'm
aware that I need to redo SP4 and patches but not sure if the registry
and policies would have changed.

Originally, we made changes to them to make the system more secure (as
recommended by NSA/Microsoft)

 

[Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]]

Hello (e-mail address removed),

Inplace upgrade means upgrading to a newer OS version. So you have reinstalled
2000 over the existing installation?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Please don't top post.

http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

HTH.

Setting up a proper signature delimiter would help as well. Mr Meinolf,
that is two dashes and a space in the line prior to "Best regards".
"-- "

 

[BertieBigBollox]

Hello (e-mail address removed),

Inplace upgrade means upgrading to a newer OS version. So you have reinstalled
2000 over the existing installation?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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On Nov 12, 10:17 am, Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de>
wrote:

Hello (e-mail address removed),
Do you talk about a server or workstation? To which OS did you
upgrade, 2003 or 2003 R2? You have of course update the new OS with
the current SP/patches.
Because you are takling about GPOs i assume it is a server, member or
domain controller?
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers
no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!!http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
I've performed an in place upgrade of any existing windows
installation.
I know the SPs and windows patches will need to be redone, but what
effect does it have on the registry and group policies etc? Does it,
in fact, set them back to default state or are settings retained?-
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Standalone Windows 2000 server. It had Windows 2000 SP4 + patches.

Because I changed the hardware, I had to do an inplace install. I'm
aware that I need to redo SP4 and patches but not sure if the registry
and policies would have changed.

Originally, we made changes to them to make the system more secure (as
recommended by NSA/Microsoft)- Hide quoted text -

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No, same version. just maybe an older SP.

OK. I took my windows 2000 server, ghosted it, then restored it to the
same server but with a different HD. For obvious reasons, it wasnt
keen (because the hardware had changed).

So I booted from windows 2000 server DVD, re-installed on top of the
existing installation, reinstalled SPs, patches and necessary drivers.

 

[philo]

I've performed an in place upgrade of any existing windows
installation.

I know the SPs and windows patches will need to be redone, but what
effect does it have on the registry and group policies etc? Does it,
in fact, set them back to default state or are settings retained?

It does not write a "fresh" registry...
it keeps your old one and simply updates it.

 

[BertieBigBollox]

It does not write a "fresh" registry...
it keeps your old one and simply updates it.

so any changes from default will be kept?

What about things like group policies?

 

[Sid Elbow]

Top-posting, bottom-posting or inline, I'll take someone like Meinolf,
and the others here who regularly actually help people in this
conference, over lame-brained netiquette fanatics who think that theirs
is the only "correct" way and who just sit on the sidelines and heckle.

Do something useful or go somewhere else and troll.

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

In 24hoursupport.helpdesk, Sid Elbow crossposted:

Top-posting, bottom-posting or inline, I'll take someone like Meinolf,
and the others here who regularly actually help people in this
conference,

Then perhaps you should advise your Microsoft "conference" posters not
to crosspost to Usenet.

Conference? <lol!>

 

[John John - MVP]

Cross Posted to microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy

so any changes from default will be kept?

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

What about things like group policies?

Maybe the experts in the win2000.group_policy have a definitive answer
about this one, I don't think that it restores default group policies
but I stand to be corrected on that.

John

 

[Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]]

Hello Beauregard,

I use only microsoft newsgroups, so stay on your usenet and teach that people
how YOU like it that they have to post.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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[Aardvark]

In 24hoursupport.helpdesk, Sid Elbow crossposted:


Then perhaps you should advise your Microsoft "conference" posters not
to crosspost to Usenet.

Conference? <lol!>

What the **** is a 'conference' when it's at home?????

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

In Usenet's 24hoursupport.helpdesk newsgroup,
Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] cross-posted:

Hello Beauregard,

Hello Meinolf,

I use only microsoft newsgroups,

Not this time, Meinolf; you're out here in wild Usenet-land. You
probably didn't notice that the OP cross-posted to 24hshd.

so stay on your usenet and teach that people how YOU like it that they
have to post.

It is merely accepted Usenet Netiquette.
http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm

<snip signature-wthout-delimiter>

http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/signatur.html

Also, my newsreader warns me, if I choose Reply, when it finds multiple
newsgroups during a compose operation.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Yes, it sets them to default.

"Refreshes the registry and restores default registry values."
from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306952/EN-US/

Should be equivalent to;
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266118




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