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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2004 Nov. - 2005 Jan.: All Things Technical: The Help Desk (ARCHIVES): Windows XP users admin

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Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 7:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have ME. When XP first came out, I purchased the upgrade and it was a disaster, so I have really been hesitant to change OS.
Is it really 'necessary' to upgrade. What makes XP such a great OS? What are the plusses and minuses of the system?


Freckledgrl
Member

08-27-2003

Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've never had anything but XP so I can't compare. But my sis still has Windows 98. The biggest plus I can see and that she's seeing is that everything is going to XP compatible. She has to jump through hoops to find tech info to make programs work for her. She's also had problems with calling tech support people who don't know how to configure anything except XP.

She's held off on XP because she loves Windows 98 but it's not worth the hassle to her anymore and she's getting XP too.

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I would say Freckledgrl hit it on the head. In my opinion -- which is one of a user and not a computer expert (so maybe someone like Dra will say if I'm wrong) -- the BIGGEST reason to go to XP is because developers and Microsoft sorta force you to, by making everything XP compatible only, and providing mostly support for XP and not others. It sucks, but they DO force you.

That said, I do know that ME was a notoriously buggy OS...

And, I'd recommend a "clean install" of XP (after you've backed up everything) rather than an upgrade.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks ya'll.

Sia
Member

03-11-2002

Saturday, November 27, 2004 - 11:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Our old computer ran on Windows '95 and the one I use now runs on Windows XP. I don't see many differences between them, but I do like XP. It has some features that make it pretty easy to use, which is nice since I'm not as computer-savvy as I wish I were. I've been able to make even old software that was written for Win95 run on this p.c. by using a feature built into XP that lets you install old software that was designed for older platforms.

Good luck finding something you like! (I've never even seen Win98 or ME, so I can't really comment on those OSs.) Are you keeping your current p.c. and just changing the OS, or buying a new computer altogether?

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Friday, January 07, 2005 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My current PC was preloaded with ME, and I was hesitant to upgrade to XP, so I didn't bother to until about a year ago. I find XP a lot more stable--no blue illegal operation screens, no PC "freezing", and my programs all seem to run a little faster. Go with a complete new install if you can, if you upgrade you will need to download a kazillion updates through the Microsoft web site.