Longhorn ReadMe File for Internal Upgrades
Quality Statement
Build to build CBB upgrades complete OS migration successfully without data loss or a reinstallation of the OS, and a functional migration of the following items:
1. Applications
· Office 2003
· Product Studio
2. Developers’ Environment
· Razzle Environment
· Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1
· Visual Studio 2003
3. System Settings
· Domain Membership, Security accounts with password, Computer Name
Measurement is based on a minimum of 100 systems installs (50 Lab and 50 Self Host system upgrade completions) and meeting the Longhorn Quality Gates. For more detail on the release criteria, see http://winweb/warteam/_content.asp?id=46&r=905
** Restricted upgrade scenarios **
Upgrade is *NOT* supported in the following scenarios for this RI:
1. OS being upgraded is a build lower than 5019 *
2. OS being upgraded is an INF build (only CBB -> CBB upgrades are supported) *
3. OS being upgraded is newer than the one being installed
4. OS being upgraded is 64-bit, setup being run is x86
5. OS being upgraded is a server build
6. OS being upgraded is LH Home, setup being run is LH Pro
7. OS being upgraded has multiple OS’s installed on the target partition
* Upgrade support is planned for these scenarios in future milestones.
** Known Migration Issues **
Some system settings don’t migrate
For this RI, system settings are not expected to migrate correctly yet – this is by design. Known issues include the failure to migrate:
· Mapped network drives
· IE pop-up blocker – allowed sites
· IE toolbars
· Proxy server info
· Printers & faxes
· Folder attributes (sharing, compression, redirection, etc.)
· Some desktop shortcuts
System setting migration will be supported by Beta 1.
** Drivers do not migrate **
Some drivers (e.g. out-of-box video drivers) do not migrate. You’ll need to reinstall drivers for now. Going forward, more robust driver migration will be supported. (Bug 1061700)
** Upgrading a laptop results in loss of network connectivity. **
Temporary workaround is to use a wired connection and rejoin the domain. (Bug 1062094)
** Product Activation (WPA) timer is not reset on migration **
If Windows is not activated prior to migration, the 15-day activation timer continues to count down post-migration from the date of the last clean install. The simple workaround is to activate Windows. (Bug 1062178)
** Fonts installed by applications are not installed to the system. **
Temporary workaround is to retrieve the font from the Quarantine folder. (Bug 1060342)
** Outlook shortcut icon is not displayed in Start menu after migration; icon used doesn’t launch Outlook. **
Shell settings are slated to be migrated properly in the last RI prior to Beta 1. (Bug 1059072)
** The home page of the .Net framework documentation becomes www.msn.com. **
This is an IE setting, also slated for migration in the last RI prior to Beta 1. Workaround is to repair the .Net framework install. (Bug 1056495)
** Visual Studio .NET 2003 Command Prompt -- one of the .NET tools is not migrated on the target machine. **
Command prompt still works fine – just the shortcut is missing. Workaround = Start -> Run -> “cmd”. (Bug 10565056)