Colin Barnhorst

Mark, an upgrade with Vista is a different animal than an upgrade with
previous versions of Windows. It is a new kind of clean installation of
Windows, but with preservation of programs, files, and settings. I know it
soundd oxymoronic, but as I read more about this I am coming to the
conclusion that the old common wisdom about upgrades just does not apply to
Vista.

The Vista installer lays down a preconfigured image of Windows, but not a
Ghost image. Setup then completes the device driver installations,
registers programs, and so on. I have little understanding of just what
that means, but I do understand that the process does not leave the bits and
pieces of the previous version of Windows that tend to mess things up for
the new version.

I think what is going wrong with these posters is that they have not run the
Upgrade Advisor and removed the incompatible programs recommended by the UA
for removal. I think the rules we have been playing by have changed a lot.

It may be that the advice we need to be giving is not whether or not to
upgrade, but how to do it properly.

What do you think?

"Mark D. VandenBeg" <mvan103@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "JohnnyPerko" <JohnnyPerko@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Any clue how to get back to my desktop?
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> Is it possible for you to provide some details, such as system
> configuration, Vista build number, whether it is x86 or x64, why you are
> upgrading instead of doing a clean install as has been recommended with
> everything but death threats, etc...
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