Programs that can be installed?

I signed up for vista BETA 2 and have downloaded it, i was wondering, if i
install vista will i be able to use the same programs that i have on XP like
battlefield 2, age of empires 3 office 07 BETA 2 etc. Also after installation
will i have to reinstall all my programs and will data on my secondary hard
drive that i use as a storage drive be lost?
Cheers Hynesy_dave

I signed up for vista BETA 2 and have downloaded it, i was wondering, if i
install vista will i be able to use the same programs that i have on XP like
battlefield 2, age of empires 3 office 07 BETA 2 etc. Also after installation
will i have to reinstall all my programs and will data on my secondary hard
drive that i use as a storage drive be lost?
Cheers Hynesy_dave

Office 2007 works on Vista. If you install Vista x64 you have to reinstall
all your apps, if its Vista x86, you can upgrade from XP SP2 and still
preserve apps and personal settings, no guarantee they will survive the
upgrade might need to be repair, updated and patched before they can be
used.

As for the games, check the microsoft.public.windows.vista.games group for
more information.
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"hynesy_dave" <hynesydave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I signed up for vista BETA 2 and have downloaded it, i was wondering, if i
> install vista will i be able to use the same programs that i have on XP
> like
> battlefield 2, age of empires 3 office 07 BETA 2 etc. Also after
> installation
> will i have to reinstall all my programs and will data on my secondary
> hard
> drive that i use as a storage drive be lost?
> Cheers Hynesy_dave

On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:12:01 -0700, hynesy_dave
<hynesydave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I signed up for vista BETA 2 and have downloaded it, i was wondering, if i
>install vista will i be able to use the same programs that i have on XP like
>battlefield 2, age of empires 3 office 07 BETA 2 etc. Also after installation
>will i have to reinstall all my programs and will data on my secondary hard
>drive that i use as a storage drive be lost?
>Cheers Hynesy_dave

No you won't Dave, a lot of stuff won't work and will not be
supported. You will have to install all your apps again, some will be
OK, some will not install, some will crash the machine.

Its a beta test not a finished ready to go operating system, best way
to use it is on a test PC and try things out on it in isolation. Do
not overwrite your existing OS with it otherwise you will be
reformatting and reinstalling XP within days having lost all your
data.

Jonah

Do yourself a favor and if you have a spare hard drive, install Vista on it and
not on your main drive. And keep your data drive disconnected from the system
while you run Vista. Don't forget Windows Vista Beta 2 is a BETA, that means
that it can( and probably will at some point) cause problems. Install your
other programs that you want to try out. But, don't expect them all to run
properly.
And most times, it is not recommended to install another Beta product , like
Office 07 on top of another Beta product. If there are problems, it is harder
to pinpoint where they originate when you run a beta application in a Beta OS.
I just removed one of my side panels on my case (with the power off) and
disconnected my main hard drive and the secondary drive ( power and cabling)
and connected my spare drive to the cable (as the main drive) and the power
cable. And then, booted up and put the DVD in and installed. Everything went
fine and it took about an hour to fully install on a 3.0Ghz P4, including
setting up IE7 and Microsoft Mail. Not bad for a beta install at all.
james
aka:Trucker


"hynesy_dave" wrote:

> I signed up for vista BETA 2 and have downloaded it, i was wondering, if i
> install vista will i be able to use the same programs that i have on XP like
> battlefield 2, age of empires 3 office 07 BETA 2 etc. Also after installation
> will i have to reinstall all my programs and will data on my secondary hard
> drive that i use as a storage drive be lost?
> Cheers Hynesy_dave