Microsoft KB Archive/227612

= Disabled Hardware Devices Enabled After Upgrading Windows 98 =

Article ID: 227612

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q227612



SYMPTOMS
After you upgrade a computer from Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows 2000 Professional, any hardware devices that were disabled using Device Manager in Windows 98 are enabled.



CAUSE
Windows 2000 does not preserve the list of disabled hardware devices during the upgrade process.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kbenv kbhardware kbprb kbsetup KB227612

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