upgrade to XP

I'm considering upgrading my OS from ME to XP. I went to the Upgrade Advisor
a few weeks ago and ever since then, my Hewlett Packard Photosmart 2410
all-in-one printer stopped working. I tried uninstalling & reinstalling the
HP software several times with no luck. I think something with the Upgrade
Advisor caused this.

My next question is whether an upgrade purchase is OK or do I need to
purchase XP as if it were a new computer. I have all original software for
programs I am using with ME. I was hoping the upgrade would solve my printer
problems. My system is a Dell Dimension 4100 with P3-866 with 256RAM. I also
have a Dell laptop running on ME that I also would consider upgrading. If I
want to do both systems, will the Home edition be OK or do I need the
Professional edition.

You only need to buy the XP upgrade - having ME means you have a valid
source for an upgrade.

Having two computers also means you will have to buy TWO copies of XP (Pro
or Home); one for each system..(My personal option would be to upgrade to
Home on one and to Pro on the 'better' one.)

"mutman" wrote in message
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I'm considering upgrading my OS from ME to XP. I went to the Upgrade
Advisor
a few weeks ago and ever since then, my Hewlett Packard Photosmart 2410
all-in-one printer stopped working. I tried uninstalling & reinstalling
the
HP software several times with no luck. I think something with the Upgrade
Advisor caused this.

My next question is whether an upgrade purchase is OK or do I need to
purchase XP as if it were a new computer. I have all original software for
programs I am using with ME. I was hoping the upgrade would solve my
printer
problems. My system is a Dell Dimension 4100 with P3-866 with 256RAM. I
also
have a Dell laptop running on ME that I also would consider upgrading. If
I
want to do both systems, will the Home edition be OK or do I need the
Professional edition.

"Jerry" wrote:

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.(My personal option would be to upgrade to
Home on one and to Pro on the 'better' one.)


Why? There is zero difference in performance, stability, and hardware
or software compatibility between the two versions.

Unless there is some current or anticipated future need for at least
one of the functions or features that are found in XP Pro and not in
XP Home there is nothing to be gained by installing XP Pro instead of
XP Home.

The two versions are compiled from the same source code base.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

mutman wrote:

I'm considering upgrading my OS from ME to XP. I went to the Upgrade Advisor
a few weeks ago and ever since then, my Hewlett Packard Photosmart 2410
all-in-one printer stopped working. I tried uninstalling & reinstalling the
HP software several times with no luck. I think something with the Upgrade
Advisor caused this.

My next question is whether an upgrade purchase is OK or do I need to
purchase XP as if it were a new computer. I have all original software for
programs I am using with ME. I was hoping the upgrade would solve my printer
problems. My system is a Dell Dimension 4100 with P3-866 with 256RAM. I also
have a Dell laptop running on ME that I also would consider upgrading. If I
want to do both systems, will the Home edition be OK or do I need the
Professional edition.

Your desktop should be able to handle Windows XP okay, although you
might want to consider adding more RAM. Another 256 mb will probably
provide a noticeable performance boost with Windows XP.

Your laptop is another matter. What are the specs for it, especially
CPU and RAM? Also check with Dell's web site regarding Windows XP
drivers etc. for the notebook.

As for which version of XP to purchase that depends entirely on
whether or not you have a current or anticipated future need for at
least one of the functions or components that are included only with
XP Pro and are not found in XP Home. Other than these items the two
versions are identical. They are compiled from the same source code
base and there is zero difference in performance, stability, and
hardware or software compatibility between the two.

The specific differences between XP Pro and XP Home are described on
the following web pages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h.../choosing2.asp
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_home_pro.asp
One additional difference is that in a peer-to-peer networking
configuration XP Home allows only 5 concurrent logins to a shared
network device whereas XP Pro allows 10.

Good luck



Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."