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Oops forgot the link to the instructions/details<br />
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<a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/e/5/2e57d536-2bb5-40f1-b52d-a11f5aae2e22/microsoft%20print%20migrator%203.1.doc" rel="ugc nofollow">http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/e/5/2e57d536-2bb5-40f1-b52d-a11f5aae2e22/microsoft%20print%20migrator%203.1.doc</a>
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Oops forgot the link to the instructions/details

http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/e/5/2e57d536-2bb5-40f1-b52d-a11f5aae2e22/microsoft%20print%20migrator%203.1.doc [http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/e/5/2e57d536-2bb5-40f1-b52d-a11f5aae2e22/microsoft%20print%20migrator%203.1.doc]

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Thanks - that looks perfect<br />
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So I just run this in backup mode and save the .cab file somewhere then once the upgrade is complete I just run a restore and everything should be as it was printer wise?
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Thanks - that looks perfect

So I just run this in backup mode and save the .cab file somewhere then once the upgrade is complete I just run a restore and everything should be as it was printer wise?

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Yeah, pretty much. Take a backup on the old server. Move the cab file. Then run Printmig on the new server and do a restore.
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Yeah, pretty much. Take a backup on the old server. Move the cab file. Then run Printmig on the new server and do a restore.

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thanks a lot - i'll be doing this on thursday night
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thanks a lot - i'll be doing this on thursday night

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I have a Windows 2000 print server here that needs upgrading to 2003 - I've never done an upgrade with a print server before so I'm looking for some advice on the smoothest way to go about doing this<br />
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Obviously I'd like to avoid reinstalling drivers if possible<br />
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thanks
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I have a Windows 2000 print server here that needs upgrading to 2003 - I've never done an upgrade with a print server before so I'm looking for some advice on the smoothest way to go about doing this

Obviously I'd like to avoid reinstalling drivers if possible



thanks

Windows 2000 to 2003 Print server upgrade

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

A printer is a peripheral which makes a persistent human readable representation of graphics or text on paper or similar physical media. Traditional printers are being used more for special purposes, like printing photographs or artwork, and are no longer a must-have peripheral; 3D printing has become an area of intense interest, allowing the creation of physical objects. An image scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other applications.