Upgrade to XP Pro

[lorne]

Can i safely upgrade my ME to XP Pro? Running P3 with 128MB ram. Computer
is really used to get emails and small amount of surfing?

[Jerry]

Go to the XP web site and download the Upgrade Advisor. After it is run it
will list any incompatiblity issues.

"lorne" > wrote in message
...
> Can i safely upgrade my ME to XP Pro? Running P3 with 128MB ram.
Computer
> is really used to get emails and small amount of surfing?
>
>

[S.S.I.N.]

i would highly suggest running a min. of 256 ram for win xp

[Scott M.]

It will most likely upgrade but it will be very slow. I have a machine with
an original Pentium 200MHz (not P2, P3, or P4 mind you, just P1) and 64 MB
of RAM that runs XP Pro. It's slow as hell, but I just use it as a file
server so it's fine for that.


"lorne" > wrote in message
...
> Can i safely upgrade my ME to XP Pro? Running P3 with 128MB ram.
Computer
> is really used to get emails and small amount of surfing?
>
>

[Dick Kistler]

"Scott M." > wrote in message
...
> It will most likely upgrade but it will be very slow. I have a machine
with
> an original Pentium 200MHz (not P2, P3, or P4 mind you, just P1) and 64 MB
> of RAM that runs XP Pro. It's slow as hell, but I just use it as a file
> server so it's fine for that.
>
>
Perhaps consider a reinstall of ME. I am running ME on a Pentium Pro 200
MHz, 96 MB of memory, and it is acceptably
fast for Web Surfing, Mail Reading, and Word Processing. It can even run
Quake 2 OK. Networked to XP Home.

The only concern for me is lack of security compared with XP. Stability is
ok with limited installs of other programs. I basically
have only the programs I use on the machine.

Dick Kistler

[Scott M.]

> Perhaps consider a reinstall of ME. I am running ME on a Pentium Pro 200
> MHz, 96 MB of memory, and it is acceptably
> fast for Web Surfing, Mail Reading, and Word Processing. It can even run
> Quake 2 OK. Networked to XP Home.
>
> The only concern for me is lack of security compared with XP. Stability is
> ok with limited installs of other programs. I basically
> have only the programs I use on the machine.
>
> Dick Kistler

I wasn't complaining about my machine as it works just fine for what I need
it for (a fileserver). I was saying that when I sit at that machine and use
it directly, it is veeerrrrryyyy solw, but as a file server to connect to
and pull stuff from or write stuff to it is as fast as any other machine.

I use XP Pro. on this machine to secure it as part of my domain.

[Dick Kistler]

"Scott M." > wrote in message
...
> > Perhaps consider a reinstall of ME. I am running ME on a Pentium Pro 200
> > MHz, 96 MB of memory, and it is acceptably
> > fast for Web Surfing, Mail Reading, and Word Processing. It can even run
> > Quake 2 OK. Networked to XP Home.
> >
> > The only concern for me is lack of security compared with XP. Stability
is
> > ok with limited installs of other programs. I basically
> > have only the programs I use on the machine.
> >
> > Dick Kistler
>
> I wasn't complaining about my machine as it works just fine for what I
need
> it for (a fileserver). I was saying that when I sit at that machine and
use
> it directly, it is veeerrrrryyyy solw, but as a file server to connect to
> and pull stuff from or write stuff to it is as fast as any other machine.
>
> I use XP Pro. on this machine to secure it as part of my domain.
>
>

Sorry, wasn't aiming at you but at the OP. Truthfully, I'd run XP on this
machine if I could.

Dick