I will be upgrading from WindowsXP to Window7 in October. I have a number of concerns about a smooth transition when it comes to installing Stardock Products. As many of you may know, an upgrade from Xp to W7 means a complete refomat and reinstall of all programs. I am inteminably stuck in a backwater of the internet age and must use a 56k dialup.
From what I have read in some former postings, the archives I create on my xp machine will not de-archive on another operating system or machine. If this is true, this has some rather unplesant ramifications after the upgrade, because I willl be stuck downloading all of my object desktop programs al over again. It would literally be weeks before I have everything downloaded and once again installled.
In another posting, I was lead to believe that if I instead of just downloading a file, but rather, selected the "download and archive" function, that these archives will open on my new operating system and on the new raid array I plan to install at the same time.
Am misiinformed in any way on my two assumptions? What actions are you youself going to take to prepare for the upgrade?
