http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5777274/rsscomment/5777274en-USSun, 27 May 2012 07:12:57 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 07:12:57 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/common-window-nt-problems#commentsAnchorThu, 12 Aug 1999 16:10:05 GMT
In the April issue, I found a small hole in the information in “Troubleshooting with Microsoft: Common Windows NT Problems.” One question was, “I can’t select the option to upgrade my current NT 3. x installation. Why?” The authors’ response was somewhat inaccurate. They wrote, “To do a clean upgrade to a new directory, you must have a retail release of the NT 3.x CD-ROM.” This statement is only partly true, and I believe a quite unfair approach by the gang in Redmond. If we buy an upgrade product, the only stipulation should be that we indeed own a qualifying product to upgrade. Let the installation search and have us place the 3. x CD-ROM in our drive to continue, but still we need to be allowed to install a fresh copy of NT! However, a wonderful little workaround for this problem lets you do just this task. You just change the version information in one Registry setting. Change the value of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWSNT/CURRENTVERSION/CurrentVersion to 3.51 before you begin the installation. Reboot, and then install NT 4.0 upgrade. The system will see the fooled version of NT 3.51 and let you upgrade or do a new installation. At this point, you can install in a fresh, new directory. This answer is what the person who asked the question wanted to know. Microsoft might not want us to do this workaround, but it works!
--Ron Woods, Printed Media Companies]]>Ron Woods Thu, 12 Aug 1999 16:10:05 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/common-window-nt-problems#commentsAnchor