Question about reinstalling desktop?

Hi everyone ! I want to reinstall the os (windows 2000 Professional) to a desktop computer but I also need to keep the existing configuration like the installed software, setting and user data. How can I accomplish this goal? Many thanks!

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JDMurray

Ummm...how can you possibly have passed so many MS certification exams not know to perform a basic Windows (re)installation?

nuglobe

jdmurray wrote:

Ummm...how can you possibly have passed so many MS certification exams not know to perform a basic Windows (re)installation?

RussS

terry_tam

Actually, what I want to know is any other better methods than reinstallation. Since I have already tried to reinstall the OS. The IE of that desktop still cannot access https link. I also upgrade the version of the IE from 5.X to 6.X Sp1. But it won't work. Another main reason is that I need to keep the configuration of the desktop.

Paul Boz

jdmurray wrote:

Ummm...how can you possibly have passed so many MS certification exams not know to perform a basic Windows (re)installation?

Many people with certifications have no practical idea how to apply what they've been certified in. Why do you think employers put so much value in previous experience?

to the OP, why don't you just re-install the programs that you have installed? That's a part of formatting - you start from scratch. This is why people make baseline images of their systems, so that instead of having to re-do everything when they format they can just re-image their disk drive.

terry_tam

That desktop is not under my control. It's my boss. He has no idea to backup any peice of important data and he insist not to perform a clean installation. Moreover, some of the application installed on that desktop has lost the original source copy.
that is the situation I encontered.

sprkymrk

terry_tam wrote:

Moreover, some of the application installed on that desktop has lost the original source copy.

You can manually backup his data, reinstall the OS, reinstall the apps he still has the source for, and basically tell him "sorry, you'll have to repurchase the ones you lost and reinstall them". It will be a manual and labor intensive process, but I think it's your only choice.

BTW - He's not using Norton Internet Security 2001 or Norton Personal Firewall 2001 is he?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916250

blargoe

Is your company using a proxy, and if so, is his browser configured to use different settings for HTTP and secure?

Have you tried a different browser like firefox, to rule out it being an OS setting as opposed to an IE setting?

seuss_ssues

Have you tried a system file check "sfc /scannow" or tried doing a repair install? That would retain all software and user settings.

But your problem can probably be fixed without a fresh install.

terry_tam

Thanks for all of your opinion. I have installed FireFox to replace the IE. It seems to solve the problem. The network has a proxy server and I have configured the IE to access internet via the proxy server. All http link are accessible, only those link with https is access denied with IE.

blargoe

Where you change the connection settings in IE to configure a proxy, there is an advanced button. Is there a different or incorrect setting in the advanced area for Secure HTTP?

terry_tam

I have checked the settings inside the "Advanced" tab. The settings are identical with another desktop under the same domain which can access https.