Re: [Reinstall XP Pro?] 'Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete' Grayed Out

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com)
Date: 10/19/02 

From: "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 18:34:49 +0200

moyetrippleteen wrote:

> I also am about to reinstall XP Pro.
>
> It was able to file share before NTFS was configured. Now the win98/ME
> boxes can't login to the XP. Remote console works ok but the printer and
> shared files cannot be accessed.
>
> I would like to reinstall however I only for the update edition of XP. Does
> XP have to be removed ... back to the winME edition?

Hi

No. You can do a clean install with an upgrade version of WinXP. But the WinXP
installation will ask for your WinXP CD (NB not a restore image CD) during the
installation to verify that you have a qualifying upgrade media. 

--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI
Porsgrunn Norway

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