Hi Paul,
The goal was to allow upgrading from RC1 to gold, but there's been no
acknowledgement yet as to whether or not this will work. I would hedge on
the side of caution and be prepared to do a clean install in case it does
not, though I suspect chances are good that you will be able to.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just installed RC1 on my new system to try it out, and see if it works
>with
> all my applications and programs. I am just wondering how far I should go
> with my testing, and how many programs I should install, in the event that
> I
> will have to do it all over again when Vista goes Gold and public, which I
> hear will be this January.
>
> So, will I need to trash everything, reformat, and reinstall with Gold, or
> will I be able to upgrade from Beta to Gold and save all my programs,
> data,
> and settings?
>
> --
> Paul