[geeks] windows 2000 migration

[Phil Stracchino]

On 07/28/11 19:21, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Applications? I don't think those 'transfer' between machines typically.
> 
> Is this a Dell PC? You could probably upgrade with an OEM WinXP Pro disc then
> upgrade in place, but that would, IMHO, be a bad idea. Keeping 'kruft' from
> Win2K and skipping over XP and Vista to arrive at Win 7 would leave the system
> in a questionable state (think/fear).

Yeah, I was having the same doubts.  Windows upgrades-in-place have a
pretty long history of not working very well.


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