Updated: July 11, 2020 (February 6, 2000)
Charts & IllustrationsWindows 2000 Upgrading Options
The table below lists steps companies can take to upgrade a machine to Windows 2000. For each step, the table lists the type of licenses required and the estimated U.S. Select Level A prices for those licenses. The rightmost column shows the technical options that Microsoft will support to upgrade a machine: upgrade the machine’s software while preserving its application and user settings (“in-place upgrade”) or completely wipe a machine’s disk before upgrading (a “clean install”).
| Upgrade To | From | License Type | Typical Price | Supported Upgrade Types |
| Windows 2000 Professional | Windows 95, 98, 98 SE | Product Upgrade | $175 | In-place upgrade 1 or clean install |
| NT Workstation 3.51, 4.0 | Version Upgrade | $121 | In-place upgrade or clean install | |
| Windows 3.x, Windows for Workgroups 3.x, Unix | Competitive Upgrade | $232 | Clean install only | |
| Windows 2000 Professional RCx |
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