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Migrating from Win95 to WinNT

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by mac1968

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I'm looking for some kind of cheat sheet for users that will be moving from Win95 to WinNT. Some are not very computer literate but most are.
Does anyone have experience with this kind of move? Apart from the obvious differences such as ctrl-alt-del to log on etc, what have your users found to be a challenge when moving from 95 to NT?

Any help would be great!

Andrew

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by dklippert

I've found little or no problems at the user level. The User Interface is identical. Like you said, CTRL+ALT+DAL is the only thing that will appear different.

by curlergirl

From the user standpoint, there's really little difference other than the login. Another thing that some people notice is the split user menu - top part is from the user's individual profile and bottom part is the "all users" profile. The difference on the administrative end is a lot greater - so if you're the admin and you're not familiar with NT, you should become so. One other thing - as an admin, I give the user "Power User" rights to the workstation, not administrative rights. This means that they can't install software on their own workstations, which some users have gotten really used to doing - things like downloading and installing wallpaper from web sites, etc. Anything that tries to write to the Local Machine registry is going to be prohibited. Some users hate this - but they're probably the ones you want to prevent from doing it anyway. Hope this helps!

by vh_s

Obviously CTRL-ALT-DEL.

Other complains:
a. slower. I said yes, but it is more stable and would rarely hang. At the end, stable environment leads to more productivity than faster OS yet rebooting twice a day.
b. multi-media enhancement. Soundand desktop enhancements are not in the list (less choices than Win95)
c. USB connectivity disappear. Beware for your user using scanner, digital cameras and printers using USB ports.

Hope it helps.

by vh_s

Obviously CTRL-ALT-DEL.

Other complains:
a. slower. I said yes, but it is more stable and would rarely hang. At the end, stable environment leads to more productivity than faster OS yet rebooting twice a day.
b. multi-media enhancement. Soundand desktop enhancements are not in the list (less choices than Win95)
c. USB connectivity disappear. Beware for your user using scanner, digital cameras and printers using USB ports.

Hope it helps.

by vh_s

Obviously CTRL-ALT-DEL.

Other complains:
a. slower. I said yes, but it is more stable and would rarely hang. At the end, stable environment leads to more productivity than faster OS yet rebooting twice a day.
b. multi-media enhancement. Soundand desktop enhancements are not in the list (less choices than Win95)
c. USB connectivity disappear. Beware for your user using scanner, digital cameras and printers using USB ports.

Hope it helps.

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