Thank you very much Rick, for your prompt response!!
As an addendum - is ALL the info from the original registry imported
(incorrect, corrupted etc.). What factor decides which info to import if not
all?
If all the info is imported, making a new registry doesn't seem to be much
of an improvement - with the potential for incorrect transfer >0
Bill
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
Quote:
> Hi,
>
> When you upgrade, a new set of registry hives are created, and information
> from the old ones is imported into them.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
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>
> "WJH - St Louis" <WJHStLouis@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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95FD883-0F5C-4ED3-B102-EE1801E22F3F@xxxxxx Quote:
> >I can't seem to get an answer to this anywhere.
> >
> > If I perform an "in-place" upgrade (not a clean install), does the Vista
> > install create a new registry? If so - does it carry-over all the "junk"
> > from the XP registry?
> >
> > Does it just edit the existing registry to to update to Vista, or does it
> > create an entire new registry carying over only the settings from the old?
> > Thanks!
>
>