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Win2000with SP4?
By my system analasys I am being encouraged to upgrade to Win2000 to improve
performance. My question: Is this step worthwhile compared to installing WinXP Professional w. SP2 instead? Harry. |
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Win2000with SP4?
Upgrading to Win2K from Win Me is unsupported and whilst it can be done is
not recommended by Microsoft. Personally I wouldn't bother, stick with Win Me until you get a new PC with XP. -- Mike Maltby webster72n wrote: By my system analasys I am being encouraged to upgrade to Win2000 to improve performance. My question: Is this step worthwhile compared to installing WinXP Professional w. SP2 instead? Harry. |
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Win2000with SP4?
SiSoft Strike Again??
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Mike M" wrote in message ... Upgrading to Win2K from Win Me is unsupported and whilst it can be done is not recommended by Microsoft. Personally I wouldn't bother, stick with Win Me until you get a new PC with XP. -- Mike Maltby webster72n wrote: By my system analasys I am being encouraged to upgrade to Win2000 to improve performance. My question: Is this step worthwhile compared to installing WinXP Professional w. SP2 instead? Harry. |
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Win2000with SP4?
That's exactly what I needed to know, Mike, thank you. Harry, and probably needing an *analysis* myself. "Mike M" wrote in message ... Upgrading to Win2K from Win Me is unsupported and whilst it can be done is not recommended by Microsoft. Personally I wouldn't bother, stick with Win Me until you get a new PC with XP. -- Mike Maltby webster72n wrote: By my system analasys I am being encouraged to upgrade to Win2000 to improve performance. My question: Is this step worthwhile compared to installing WinXP Professional w. SP2 instead? Harry. |
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Win2000with SP4?
SiSoft looks beautiful to me and works just as nice, Noel, but aida32 was the cause of my inquiry. No *strike-out* here. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... SiSoft Strike Again?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Mike M" wrote in message ... Upgrading to Win2K from Win Me is unsupported and whilst it can be done is not recommended by Microsoft. Personally I wouldn't bother, stick with Win Me until you get a new PC with XP. -- Mike Maltby webster72n wrote: By my system analasys I am being encouraged to upgrade to Win2000 to improve performance. My question: Is this step worthwhile compared to installing WinXP Professional w. SP2 instead? Harry. |
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Win2000with SP4?
Ah - the 'old' Aida 32?
I can't remember the last time I ran that on an ME system that was high enough spec to take either Win2K or XP. From memory the 'way to improve' at the bottom of most of the pages should be taken with a few grains of salt - IIRC, I ran it on a 512MB system, and it recommended adding more RAM to speed it up -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... SiSoft looks beautiful to me and works just as nice, Noel, but aida32 was the cause of my inquiry. No *strike-out* here. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... SiSoft Strike Again?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Mike M" wrote in message ... Upgrading to Win2K from Win Me is unsupported and whilst it can be done is not recommended by Microsoft. Personally I wouldn't bother, stick with Win Me until you get a new PC with XP. -- Mike Maltby webster72n wrote: By my system analasys I am being encouraged to upgrade to Win2000 to improve performance. My question: Is this step worthwhile compared to installing WinXP Professional w. SP2 instead? Harry. |
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Win2000with SP4?
Noel:
From now on in I'll ignore their recommendation(s) and make up my own mind upon their findings 'only'. Thanks. Harry and sooo much 'wiser' now. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Ah - the 'old' Aida 32? I can't remember the last time I ran that on an ME system that was high enough spec to take either Win2K or XP. From memory the 'way to improve' at the bottom of most of the pages should be taken with a few grains of salt - IIRC, I ran it on a 512MB system, and it recommended adding more RAM to speed it up -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... SiSoft looks beautiful to me and works just as nice, Noel, but aida32 was the cause of my inquiry. No *strike-out* here. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... SiSoft Strike Again?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Mike M" wrote in message ... Upgrading to Win2K from Win Me is unsupported and whilst it can be done is not recommended by Microsoft. Personally I wouldn't bother, stick with Win Me until you get a new PC with XP. -- Mike Maltby webster72n wrote: By my system analasys I am being encouraged to upgrade to Win2000 to improve performance. My question: Is this step worthwhile compared to installing WinXP Professional w. SP2 instead? Harry. |
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Win2000with SP4?
My two cents, Harry.... Just upgraded from ME to XP Home on a four-year old
Dell. Wife and daughter both needed XP to run newer software, otherwise I would have stayed with my very reliable ME. Had to add RAM (simple). But, spent many, many hours replacing drivers, reinstalling software, etc. Upgrade also scrambled my Kodak picture collection. Yes, my new "XP Dell" runs beautifully, but it took me a while to get there. I'm guessing an ME to 2000 switch would be a hassle, too. So, I concur with Mike Maltby -- unless forced to make the switch, stay with ME until a new XP PC comes along. Or maybe your timing will be right and you can make an even bigger jump to the new MS OS (Vista?) Joe Starin "webster72n" wrote in message ... Noel: From now on in I'll ignore their recommendation(s) and make up my own mind upon their findings 'only'. Thanks. Harry and sooo much 'wiser' now. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Ah - the 'old' Aida 32? I can't remember the last time I ran that on an ME system that was high enough spec to take either Win2K or XP. From memory the 'way to improve' at the bottom of most of the pages should be taken with a few grains of salt - IIRC, I ran it on a 512MB system, and it recommended adding more RAM to speed it up -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... SiSoft looks beautiful to me and works just as nice, Noel, but aida32 was the cause of my inquiry. No *strike-out* here. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... SiSoft Strike Again?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Mike M" wrote in message ... Upgrading to Win2K from Win Me is unsupported and whilst it can be done is not recommended by Microsoft. Personally I wouldn't bother, stick with Win Me until you get a new PC with XP. -- Mike Maltby webster72n wrote: By my system analasys I am being encouraged to upgrade to Win2000 to improve performance. My question: Is this step worthwhile compared to installing WinXP Professional w. SP2 instead? Harry. |
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Win2000with SP4?
Mike M wrote:
Upgrading to Win2K from Win Me is unsupported and whilst it can be done is not recommended by Microsoft. Personally I wouldn't bother, stick with Win Me until you get a new PC with XP. Would a AMD Athlon 800 with 256 RAM be able to handle W2K? I have XP Pro on it now and it's a bit slow opening programs. Alias |
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Win2000with SP4?
Should be OK, Alias - but can't you put another 256MB on it?
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Alias" wrote in message ... Mike M wrote: Upgrading to Win2K from Win Me is unsupported and whilst it can be done is not recommended by Microsoft. Personally I wouldn't bother, stick with Win Me until you get a new PC with XP. Would a AMD Athlon 800 with 256 RAM be able to handle W2K? I have XP Pro on it now and it's a bit slow opening programs. Alias |
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