Re: Can I upgrade from XP to Win2K?

From: XS11E (xs11eNO_at_SPAMyahoo.com)
Date: 03/13/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:04:18 -0700

"KMS - Brett Anderson" <gotomysiteto@emailme.com> wrote in
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.

DO NOT INSTALL WINDOWS 2000!

I agree with you it's a much better OS than XP but you'll probably void
the warranty on the computer you purchased. Call the
manufacturer/vendor and make him/her/it fix the thing or refund your
money.