Re: Can I upgrade from XP to Win2K?

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 03/13/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:08:32 -0700

Greetings --

    If you're having so much trouble with a brand new OEM
installation, you really should contact the PC's manufacturer for some
warranty support. And Win2K is just as likely to be as vulnerable to
whatever underlying hardware problems are causing your current
troubles. (Not to mention the fact that changing the OS on an OEM
machine often voids the warranty.)

Bruce Chambers 

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"KMS - Brett Anderson" <gotomysiteto@emailme.com> wrote in message 
news:uqWSL3KCEHA.3852@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Given my experience with XP over the last 2.5 months, I have to 
> disagree on
> the downgrade part.
>
> Can't get IIS working.  Can't get FPSE working.  Can't get the mouse 
> drivers
> to work correctly.  Constantly crashing.  Constantly shutting down 
> the
> computer without prompting.
>
> All with an untouched OEM install.
>
> Currently, XP is costing me between $500 and $1000 per week in lost 
> sales
> due to it's refusal to follow instructions.  Time to cut my losses 
> and go to
> a proven stable OS.  It's either Win2K or Unix.  Yeah, I know Unix 
> is 10,000
> times better, but I don't "know" it, so the learning curve will be 
> too
> expensive.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Brett Anderson
>
>