Re: Upgrading from W2K Pro to XP Pro

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In article <ea43f1tppqnl6ml1ev2a8ljr4qimgeaf13@xxxxxxx>,
ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx, Ron Martell says...
> ByTor <ByTor@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >I understand XP is built on Win2k, that is what took me by suprise....I
> >don't knock XP it's just that it was very odd that an exact duplicate
> >withered away due to crashes, blue screens etc......All software I have
> >installed all claims XP compatible, I have "latest" versions of
> >all......I remember back when with 2K that it took a bit for the rest of
> >the software world to catch up to it, there was a time when very little
> >was compatible as it was not an average consumer OS, I'm hoping XP may
> >have the same cycle. But, than again, if it's based on the same NT why
> >the trouble? It's really no big deal but as I mentioned my 2K partition
> >has been through hell and back with uninstalls, upgrades, updates, etc,
> >and is still rock solid.
> >I'll have to give it another go sometime maybe things have changed.....
>
> Make sure your XP is update to Service Pack 2 before you install the
> applications. Best way to do this is to make a new install CD with
> SP2 slipstreamed into it. A neat utility for doing this is Nlite
> (free) from http://www.nliteos.com/
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>

Already have it burned & slipstreamed thanks........ ;0)

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