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Affects of re-install?
Hi all,
I have W98FE on a machine that has a registry that will not let me re-install my printer. I would like to run setup again and re-install W98FE on top of the current install. How will this affect the software that was installed after the os is installed? Will I have to re-install all the software that was added or just rebuild the links? thanks, charles..... |
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It should not effect any of the currently installed software since the
registry is not rewritten on an over the top install. For the same reason, it probably will not fix your problem and may even cause further problems. Perhaps the best thing to do is fully document your problem and see if someone can help you with it. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "***** charles" wrote in message t... Hi all, I have W98FE on a machine that has a registry that will not let me re-install my printer. I would like to run setup again and re-install W98FE on top of the current install. How will this affect the software that was installed after the os is installed? Will I have to re-install all the software that was added or just rebuild the links? thanks, charles..... |
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Reinstalling over the top should only be used as a last resort, just to let
you back in to collect your personal data before performing a reformat/reinstall, and yes, you may have problems with installed programs and, more importantly, Windows Updates. You won't know if the Updates have been "broken" by over-installing older files than those now in place, so the only decent option is to manually install all of them after the reinstall. Even then, you will still have a decent chance of DLL Hell causing problems with apps. And, after all that, I seriously doubt that it will solve your problem. What printer? What are the error messages? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "***** charles" wrote in message t... Hi all, I have W98FE on a machine that has a registry that will not let me re-install my printer. I would like to run setup again and re-install W98FE on top of the current install. How will this affect the software that was installed after the os is installed? Will I have to re-install all the software that was added or just rebuild the links? thanks, charles..... |
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"***** charles" wrote in message t... | Hi all, | | I have W98FE on a machine that has a registry that will | not let me re-install my printer. I would like to run setup | again and re-install W98FE on top of the current install. | How will this affect the software that was installed after | the os is installed? Will I have to re-install all the software | that was added or just rebuild the links? | | thanks, | charles..... | | Over-installing ANY OS is not recommended as it has the potential of installing older dlls and exes which will conflict. If necessary, install into a new folder, which should pick up the old settings and applications, then delete the old installation after making sure the system recognizes the new install as the running OS. SUCH AS: If Windows was originally installed into c:\Windows you would install into c:\Win98 . But before you do this [I won't put the links to show the full aspects/how this is accomplished yet]: As for the printer issue; What make and model of printer are you attempting to install? Did you uninstall the printer first before trying to re-install? Did you search the registry for old entries from the original, which may be causing the failure to re-install? -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/ BLOG - http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real world" http://groups.google.com/group/the-peoples-law?hl=en - discussion group for general aspects of Law verses the Peoples' of the world _______________ |
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"***** charles" wrote in message t... Hi all, I have W98FE on a machine that has a registry that will not let me re-install my printer. I would like to run setup again and re-install W98FE on top of the current install. How will this affect the software that was installed after the os is installed? Will I have to re-install all the software that was added or just rebuild the links? thanks, charles..... Running the Setup from a Windows DOS prompt should not affect your programs. However you will have to use Windows Update afterwards. If you run Setup from DOS, it will probably replace the registry and wipe out your programs. Galen |
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Doesn't matter how you start Setup.
Any reinstall "over the top" will (mostly) not replace the Registry, nor *should* it affect applications, but there's that DLL Hell to worry about. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Galen Somerville" wrote in message ... "***** charles" wrote in message t... Hi all, I have W98FE on a machine that has a registry that will not let me re-install my printer. I would like to run setup again and re-install W98FE on top of the current install. How will this affect the software that was installed after the os is installed? Will I have to re-install all the software that was added or just rebuild the links? thanks, charles..... Running the Setup from a Windows DOS prompt should not affect your programs. However you will have to use Windows Update afterwards. If you run Setup from DOS, it will probably replace the registry and wipe out your programs. Galen |
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