There's one more operating-system salvage technique that you can try before you have to take the drastic step of reformatting and reinstalling. This technique involves performing an in-place upgrade. Works for both Pro and Server The Windows in-place upgrade procedure described here applies to both Windows Professional and Windows Server. In fact, the entire procedure could potentially take as long as it would to reinstall the operating system from scratch.
Editor's note A Windows XP in-place upgrade fixed a problem for one TechRepublic member in which registry links or system components to IE6 were either missing or corrupted. Read the member's comments about the fix. And any of the standard Windows components you chose not to install when you initially ran Setup will not suddenly appear.
All of the applications that are installed on the system will remain in working condition. This means that none of the application-related entries in the registry will be changed. None of the passwords will be changed. What does change Of course, performing an in-place upgrade operation does indeed return a lot of the operating system to the base, right-out-of-the-box configuration.
The registry will be refreshed and the default operating system values will be restored. In addition, Internet Explorer, which is an integral part of the operating system, will revert to its initial version. Every plug-and-play device will be reenumerated, including the hardware abstraction layer HAL. All drive letters that exist at the time of the in-place upgrade operation will be reenumerated.
In addition, all of the original default permissions will be reapplied. Dealing with user profile changes If the system on which you're performing the Windows in-place upgrade was originally upgraded to Windows Professional from Windows NT 4.
Windows NT 4. Open each one and check the ProfileImagePath string value until you find those that reference the user profiles. Performing the in-place upgrade operation Performing the Windows in-place upgrade is a pretty straightforward procedure. Search Blogs. Remember Me? Latest Downloads. Latest Downloads Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. McAfee Labs Stinger. Bluetooth Driver Installer. Driver Collector. Ultimate Boot CD. Main Category Tree Stats Search. Windows boot disk Unknown Uploaded by Sami.
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