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Thread ID: 25889	2002-10-14 08:45:00	Upgrade from Windows XP!!	Muzz (1286)	Press F1

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89118	2002-10-14 08:45:00	I have purchased a PC with XP loaded as the OS. This OS does not allow me to use a certain communication program (DOS based) allowing me to link with a server at my place of work. This program works fine with Win 2000 but the cost of purchasing this new OS is high. I looked at the Win 2000 upgrade prices and one of the cheaper ones is an upgrade from NT4. I have a new set of NT4 software. Should I load this then upgrade to Win2000 or would the Win2000 upgrade (specified as an NT4 upgrade) work as an upgrade of XP?. I would prefer not to have to start from scratch again as I would have a lot of network set up to do all over again. Any help would be appreciated	Muzz (1286)
89119	2002-10-14 09:02:00	You won't be able to "upgrade" from XP, because theoretically it's not an upgrade (going from 5.1 to 5.0 is a downgrade). However you won't need to install NT4 first - you should be able to install the 2000 upgrade onto a blank hard drive (you'll need to format the XP disk first), and then some time during the installation you'll need to put in an NT disk just for verification - other than that you don't need it :) HTH Mike.	Mike (15)
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