Upgraded from 5600 to 5728

All is well. :-)

I upgraded my laptop. Took 126 minutes. However,
I had installed quite a few programs on 5600. I had
debated about uninstalling some things- I decided to
do whatever the Compatibility advisor said do- no
conflicts were indicated. I even left Avast installed-
but real-time turned off. So far, so good. I also had
Office 2003 Professional installed, all seems well.
Lots of other programs, too. I had figured we wouldn't
be getting another release, so I went ahead and installed
the programs I wanted.

Still had to go through using my XP drivers for sound.
The Sigmatel drivers that are first installed never work-
I must first use my XP drivers. The sound works, and then
I run Update, download those drivers, and it's all good. I do
wish I didn't have to do all that, oh well.

Most of my settings were applied correctly, no biggies.
WinMail and Outlook settings and messages all in place.
IE working fine.

Everything seems okay.

Oh, where are the new sounds?


-Michael

Depending on how many applications you have installed, it would probably take more time to do a fresh install rather than an upgrade, but you might run into fewer problems. If you were going from XP to Vista, I there is no way that I would want to do an upgrade install of Vista. There are jus far too many programs that are not compatible that run in XP but not in Vista.

William
"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message news:e4vmv$13GHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
All is well. :-)

I do wish I didn't have to do all that, oh well.

-Michael

It NEVER takes more time to do a custom install than an upgrade install. An upgrade install requires Setup to move files, settings, and applications to another part of the hard drive, lay down a fresh image of Vista, install it, then reapply the settings, replace the files, and reinstall the apps.
"William" <woogles@gmail.com> wrote in message news:4DD6E79D-FCD9-4E68-AA3C-ABC58CF5A937@microsoft.com...
Depending on how many applications you have installed, it would probably take more time to do a fresh install rather than an upgrade, but you might run into fewer problems. If you were going from XP to Vista, I there is no way that I would want to do an upgrade install of Vista. There are jus far too many programs that are not compatible that run in XP but not in Vista.

William
"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message news:e4vmv$13GHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
All is well. :-)

I do wish I didn't have to do all that, oh well.

-Michael

William wrote:

> There are jus far too many programs that are not compatible that run in
> XP but not in Vista.

Oh really? Programs such as...?
Frank

for one Microsoft Reference Suite 2006
I have more than a dozen.

"Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message
news:%23xEVIF43GHA.2420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> William wrote:
>
>> There are jus far too many programs that are not compatible that run in
>> XP but not in Vista.
>
> Oh really? Programs such as...?
> Frank

Diskeeper, ZoneAlarm, BitDefender, Nero Ultra 7.0, to name just four. I am sure that others can list more non-compatible programs.

William
"Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message news:%23xEVIF43GHA.2420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
William wrote:

> There are jus far too many programs that are not compatible that run in
> XP but not in Vista.

Oh really? Programs such as...?
Frank

"Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message
news:%23xEVIF43GHA.2420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> William wrote:
>
>> There are jus far too many programs that are not compatible that run in
>> XP but not in Vista.
>
> Oh really? Programs such as...?
> Frank

Cyberlink PowerDirector 5/PowerProducer 2 or 3 will not work in Vista (to my
knowledge)

"Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message
news:%23xEVIF43GHA.2420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> William wrote:
>
>> There are jus far too many programs that are not compatible that run in
>> XP but not in Vista.
>
> Oh really? Programs such as...?
> Frank


Most system level utilities such as Drive Image, Partition Magic, firewalls
such as Kerio personal firewall, certain CD/DVD suites.

--
Rock [MVP Windows Shell/User]

Still unable to access the TV-In video features of my ATI All-In-Wonder 9600
XT Video Card. Dual monitors work great. Glass looks great. All major
programs that I use (except Nero!!) work fine, but my All-In-Wonder video
card has been reduced to a simple straight-forward card at this point.

FRITZ

fritzmt wrote:
> Still unable to access the TV-In video features of my ATI All-In-Wonder 9600
> XT Video Card. Dual monitors work great. Glass looks great. All major
> programs that I use (except Nero!!) work fine, but my All-In-Wonder video
> card has been reduced to a simple straight-forward card at this point.
>
> FRITZ

Can you provide a list of all your major programs that work for
everyone's benefit?