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Re: Migrating the desktop with Object Package

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From: Stephen Anderson
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 11:55
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I have a legal copy of Warp 4.0, the original version that was
released around 1997/98.  What is required to bring it up to 4.52?
Can this be done via installing the fixpacks etc, or id 4.52 a
completely new version requiring me to purchase a new licence?




On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 21:25:40 -0500, "David T. Johnson"
<djohnson@isomedia.com> wrote:

>Victor Bien wrote:
>>   Because it is not possible to install version 4.52 onto an existing 
>> desktop it is desirable to somehow automatically move the objects from 
>> the old desktop over to the new. 
>
>
>I installed Warp 4.52 over the top of my Warp 4.51 desktop without any
>problems.  At the end of the install, I did not have to reinstall any
>apps or hardware.  The Warp 4.52 installer even recognized that my java
>1.3.1 was more recent than the java that came with Warp 4.52 and left it
>in place.  My installed printers were left in the 'printers' folder of
>the 'previous desktop' folder.  To bring them over to Warp 4.52, I had
>to drag each of them (the printer object, that is) into the new
>'printers' folder in the 'connections' folder.  The only thing that the
>Warp 4.52 installer messed up on was that it downleveled a couple of my
>newer USB drivers (audio and MSD).  Other than that, it did a perfect job.
>
>I did the install by booting directly from the CD-ROM and then
>installing onto the same drive that Warp 4.51 had been installed on.  (I
>had a complete backup of the drive.)  The installer correctly selected
>the Warp 4.51 drive as its target and gave me the option of formatting
>the drive but recommended that I not do so.  The entire install took
>about 30 minutes.
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From: Stephen Anderson <cardolan4@no_sp2m.bigfoot.com>
Newsgroups: aus.computers.os2
Subject: Re: Migrating the desktop with Object Package
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 22:55:20 +1100
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