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Subject:Re: Windows NT question From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 1 May 1997 16:01:48 -0500
Parks, Beverly wrote:
>
> Yes, Eric makes a good point. Though we haven't run into any
> compatibiltiy problems with our development apps, there have been a
> couple utilities and whatnot that worked on 95 but not NT. The only
> specific one that comes to mind right now is a screensaver collection
> that my coworker has on his 95 machine. It would not install on NT 4.0.
Let's not forget also that the migration path from 95 to NT is a rocky
one. Due to registry incompatibility between the two OS's, all Win95
apps must be reinstalled after installing NT. When I think of all the
apps I have on my Win95 machine, I shudder at the thought of making the
switch, attractive though the improved performance of NT seems to be.
Steve
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