August 6th 08, 08:45 PM
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upgrade
Maybe a dual booting with Linux would be a better idea.
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Corday
"N. Miller" wrote:
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 06:40:01 -0700, tsmbam wrote:
Is it possible for me to upgrade from Windows Me to XP? And how do we go
about doing this?
I would start by reviewing the following:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316639
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307726
The second article has download links for the Upgrade Advisor.
Despite Microsoft's claim that Windows XP will run with 64 MB of RAM, I
found it to be dog slow on a system with 128 MB of RAM. My cousin has an
eMachines so configured; and when I upgraded my HP Pavilion 6745C from
Windows Me to Windows XP Home Edition, I cannibalized a second HP Pavilion
6745C to bring the memory up to 256 MB. And even *that* is barely adequate,
in my not so humble opinion. Memory upgrades for older computers can be
dicey. A 256 MB memory module for my old Pavilions would cost twice as much
as a 1 GB memory module for my new Pavilions!
If the Upgrade Advisor gives your system a pass, or you can afford the
hardware upgrade recommendations it makes, then you have to buy a copy of
Windows XP. The Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade package I used cost $99 at
Fry's Electronics. Microsoft stopped selling Windows XP on June 30, 2008.
They did not recall retail copies shipped, however, so you might find a
retailer which still has copies on the shelf. I believe Fry's Electronics
*still* has copies available.
The Windows XP Professional Upgrade package will be $199. The only thing Pro
has over HE is Windows Domain network support, some detailed file security
settings, and Internet Information Systems (IIS; SMTP, HTTP, and FTP
servers). You probably won't miss those if you get HE. I don't miss them at
all. (I run a third party mail server application on the HE computer; better
features than the IIS SMTP server would have offered).
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Norman
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