Re: Upgrade to XP Pro

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 18:56:22 -0700

Jake wrote:
> Oh and dont worry about hardware conflicts in xp. I have installed Xp on
> old machines designed for win 98 and had them run very well. Win Xp
> supports lots of hardware both old and new. But the best thing would be to
> download the new drivers for your hardware when you get xp.
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        Then you've been very lucky.

        PCs designed for, sold and run fine with Win9x/Me very often do not
meet WinXP's much more stringent hardware quality requirements. This is
particularly true of many models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario
product line or HP's consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like
WinNT and Win2K before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective or
substandard hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives)
that will still support Win9x. 

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