All
Users Have Administrator Rights After Upgrade
After you upgrade to Windows 2000 Professional
from Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows
98 with user profiles enabled, all users who had
existing profiles become members of the Local
Administrators group. (updated 12/29/99) Source:
Microsoft KB Article Q199022 "Automatically Generated Configuration Files" Message
When you choose to start MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows
95, or Microsoft Windows 98 from the Windows
2000 boot menu, you may see the following message:
(updated 12/29/99) Source: Microsoft
KB Article Q230482
Cannot Connect to
AOL After Upgrading to Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 228086 - When
you attempt to connect to America Online (AOL)
after upgrading to Windows 2000, you may receive
one of the following error messages in AOL:
(updated 10/19/2000)
Disabled Device Settings May Not Be Retained During Upgrade
Hardware devices that have been marked as disabled
in Device Manager in Microsoft Windows 95 or
Microsoft Windows 98 may be enabled when you
upgrade to Windows 2000.(updated 12/29/99) Source:
Microsoft KB Article Q198868
How to Prevent Windows
2000 Upgrade from Modifying Custom Security
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 260242 - The
Windows 2000 upgrade process applies Windows
2000 default security settings to registry keys
and file system objects. This process overwrites
any custom permissions that you previously defined.
(updated 4/27/2000)
Mapped Network Drives
Not Available After Upgrade
After you upgrade your Microsoft Windows 95-based
computer to Windows 2000, network drives that
were previously mapped using a local Windows
95 account named "Administrator" are not migrated,
and are no longer mapped. (updated 12/29/99) Source:
Microsoft KB Article Q227765
My Documents Folder
Not Mapped to Individual User's Profile
After you upgrade from Microsoft Windows 98
to Windows 2000, the My Documents folder may
be mapped to a common C:\My Documents folder
instead of a user's specific folder at C:\Documents
and Settings\(updated 12/29/99) Source:
Microsoft KB Article Q227867
NetBIOS Is Not Enabled Over TCP/IP After Upgrade
When you upgrade a Microsoft Windows 95-based
or Microsoft Windows 98-based computer configured
with a static IP address to Windows 2000, the
TCP/IP settings may change. Specifically, if
the "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" option (updated
12/29/99) Source: Microsoft KB Article
Q226232
Shared Folders Change
Permissions Upgrading Windows 95/98 to Windows
2000
When you upgrade a computer running Microsoft
Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 that contains
shared folders to Windows 2000, the shares are
mapped to Windows 2000 share permissions. (updated
12/30/99) Source: Microsoft KB Article
Q232956
Upgrading from Windows
98 Does Not Retain Multiple Monitors
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 197259 - After
you upgrade to Windows 2000 from a Microsoft
Windows 98-based computer using multiple monitors,
only one monitor may work. (updated 962000)
Upgrade from Windows 95/98 Loses Regional Options "Hot
Keys"
After you upgrade from Microsoft Windows 95
or Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows 2000, your
assigned "hot keys" in the Regional Options
tool in Control Panel are gone.(size 5518 bytes,
updated 12/29/99 4:27:00 PM GMT) Source:
Microsoft KB Article Q227978
User Accounts Added
to Local Administrators Group After Upgrade
When you upgrade from Microsoft Windows 95 or
Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows 2000, all user
accounts are added to the local Administrators
group in Windows 2000.(size 6475 bytes, updated
12/30/99 11:51:00 AM GMT) Source: Microsoft
KB Article Q182734
User Accounts Migrate Only for the Last Logged On User
When you upgrade from Windows 95/98 to Windows
2000, the Windows Setup program searches for
user and computer account objects only for the
last user that was logged on to the computer.(size
6091 bytes, updated 12/30/99) Source: Microsoft
KB Article Q232859
User Accounts Renamed
During Windows 95/98 Upgrade to Windows 2000
When you are upgrading from Microsoft Windows
95 or Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows 2000 Professional,
you may be prompted during the Report phase
of Setup to provide some compatible names for
user accounts on the Windows 95-based or Window
(updated 12/30/99) Source: Microsoft
KB Article Q232844
Windows 2000 Setup Changes Some Short File Names
When you upgrade from Microsoft Windows 95 or
Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows 2000, the short
file names for some files with long file names
may be changed.(updated 12/29/99) Source:
Microsoft KB Article Q210649
Windows 2000 Setup Deletes Windows Script Host Files During
Upgrade from Windows 98/95
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 227724 After
you upgrade your Microsoft Windows 98/95-based
computer to Windows 2000, all sample script
files for the Windows Script Host (WSH), usually
located in the Windows\Samples\Wsh folder, are
missing. (updated 1/19/00)
Windows 95 Drive
Letters May Not Migrate to Windows 2000
When you upgrade your computer from Windows
95 to Windows 2000, drive letter assignments
for unformatted partitions may not be migrated.
(updated 12/29/99) Source: Microsoft
KB Article Q227605
Windows 95/98 Upgrade Overwrites Default User Profile for
Windows 2000
When you upgrade from Microsoft Windows 95 or
Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows 2000 Professional,
the default Windows 95/98 user profile is retained
as the default Windows 2000 profile. (updated
12/29/99) Source: Microsoft KB Article
Q214611
Windows Utilities Removed During Windows 2000 Upgrade
After you upgrade to Windows 2000 from Microsoft
Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98, some Microsoft
Windows utilities or accessories that you copied
or moved to a Desktop folder may not be available.
(updated 12/29/99 5:15) Source: Microsoft
KB Article Q225777 |
