Re: XP UPGRADE DILEMA?

From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:05:15 -0500

XP needs a firewall before you go on-line to get the updates
and patches, but XP has a firewall that does the job. It is
offered to be turned on when you create the Internet
connection with the wizard.

XP is very good, much better than the old DOS based Windows.
Except for hardware failure, the BSOD is almost unheard of,
this computer has never had one in two years of operation. 

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:70ac01c475e8$6c800c10$a501280a@phx.gbl...
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >I have got windows 98SE, I am tempted to upgrade it to
| >XP, however I am afraid that my extra hardware (Creative
| >SB platinum sound card, ATI all in wonder graphics card,
| >voice modem, etc) may stop working, or that my important
| >files may be lost during the upgrade...
| >
| >Do anyone knows ???
| >.
| >Yeah, don't do it, XP sucks, I've upgraded from 98 and
| all it has given me is headaches, you have to run xp
| compatibility tests on your hardware, plus the xp is full
| of bugs, i was online for about 2 mins and got a bug,
| never got that kind of thing on 98..my advice skip it, it
| ain't worth it.

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