From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Can't help you with the total picture but Microsoft does have a Windows
Application Compatibility toolkit that might be of some use

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows/appcompatibility/default.m
spx


also check out

http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3487236


"Richard B."  wrote in message
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> You have your current PC.  You decide to buy a brand new one, one that
> comes with XP preinstalled.
>
> How do *you* migrate all of your applications, some of which had to be
> activated on that old hardware, to the new hardware with minimal pain?
> Does this really require a corp key for the OS so you can image/move
> everything?
>
> - Richard

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