>>>It will create problems when installing many older applications, since the File Protection System will block application installs from overwriting system files, and the changes needed to make side-by-side DLLs and OCXs work will at a minimum require the installation program to write its desired components to new locations. The writeup in the last MSDN Newsletter gave a pretty good overview of compatibility issues; if you've lost your paper copy, it's available at msdn.microsoft.com/voices/news on the Web.
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>>Hiya Ed,
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>>Yeah, I read it and posted some of the information here. I was hoping that the article was on-line, but couldn't find it. Thanks for the info. Good article, with a lot of information. Now if I could only find time to install RC2< bg >.
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>The article is there at Microsoft Windows 2000 Application Compatibility
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>For anyone who can't get at this link, the exact location is:
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>http://msdn.microsoft.com/isapi/msdnlib.idc?theURL=/library/techart/win2000appcomp.htm

Many thanks, Ed. I strongly recommend that anyone thinking about upgrading to Win2K when it's in final release read this prior to doing so. You might save yourself a lot of wondering and head scratching.