upgrade question

When I upgrade to Vista on a Windows XP machine, should I disable any XP programs (or remove any) that are currenly on the XP machine?
thanks

AntiVirus and other Security utilities designed for Windows XP would be a recommended thing to do. Removing programs would be a good idea because you decrease the risk of errors appearing after installation. Also, remove external devices during installation, such as Scanners, Printers, external USB Devices. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"David Sherman" wrote in message

When I upgrade to Vista on a Windows XP machine, should I disable any XP programs (or remove any) that are currenly on the XP machine?
thanks

Nah - just make a backup of your files and all that. Software that doens't install any registry keys (there are some - Resource Hacker, smaller programs... can't think of any more... Counter-Strike) - they can be backed up and literally copied and pasted back in - I did this with some of my applications I downloaded and installed as it just saves time.
But files deffo. need to be backed up just to be sure ;o)
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--: Original message follows :-- "David Sherman" wrote in message

When I upgrade to Vista on a Windows XP machine, should I disable any XP programs (or remove any) that are currenly on the XP machine?
thanks

There are no working files on this machine. Just a backup of my production machine.
thanks for information.
On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 17:14:07 +0100, "Zack Whittaker" wrote:

Nah - just make a backup of your files and all that. Software that doens't install any registry keys (there are some - Resource Hacker, smaller programs... can't think of any more... Counter-Strike) - they can be backed up and literally copied and pasted back in - I did this with some of my applications I downloaded and installed as it just saves time.
But files deffo. need to be backed up just to be sure ;o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "David Sherman" wrote in message When I upgrade to Vista on a Windows XP machine, should I disable any XP programs (or remove any) that are currenly on the XP machine?
thanks