Re: Upgrade from 98SE to XP
From: Bob Knowlden (nkbob_at_comcast.net)
Date: 09/28/04
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:48:10 -0400
I hope that I'm mistaken in a concern, but it's a bit unusual to have a
never-activated copy of XP around.
Are you aware that XP can only be activated on one machine at a time?
(Retail licenses can be transferred to new machines, but the basic principle
is: one license, one machine. Activation enforces this. Things are more
complex for OEM licenses, I've read.) There are ways to cheat on this (for
example, the activation database is supposed to reset after 120 days), but I
can't recommend them.
My first XP installation was on a PIII machine. I had ACPI turned off in the
machine's BIOS, so XP couldn't shut down properly without switching on some
legacy APM stuff in Device Manager. (I hope I've gotten that right; it has
been a few years, and a few rebuilds.) I eventually turned ACPI on and
re-installed XP, and everything was normal in XP.
If you wish to check hardware compatibility before running the XP CD,
download the Upgrade Advisor:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/advisor.mspx
(32 MB, so I hope you're not on dialup.)
I recommend XP over 98. It's more complex to set up, if only because XP has
many configuration options, but crashed programs usually don't require a
reboot to recover from.
Bob Knowlden
Address may be scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
"~ narnia ~" <narnia@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:23:05 GMT, "LAB4" <lab4@prodigy.net> wrote:
>
>>"~ narnia ~" <narnia@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> Would you care to share the driver and BIOS problems you had to deal
>>> with? I'd like to know what I'm in for before I start this project to
>>> see if it's worth it. I might just reinstall 98SE if this is going to
>>> be a big headache!
>>
>>Okay, sure. FYI, my machine is a 600MHz Micron P3 and I brought it from
>>98
>>to XP. So, similar.
>>
>>BIOS problem: Automatic power down didn't work. This would have been a
>>problem in Win2000 also, which is actually a good thing, because the BIOS
>>patch existed. (There haven't been any newer BIOS patches since 8/2000.)
>>Micron said that my machine was out of warranty and they were reluctant to
>>give me instructions on how to update the BIOS.
>>
>>Drivers:
>>1. Do you know how Windows XP dims the background from color to black and
>>white when it shows the "Power Off" window? The latest XP display driver
>>for my nVidia card just made a mess of that screen. I could use it
>>anyway,
>>but it was ugly. I ended up needing to download a "less than latest"
>>driver, because my machine wasn't fast enough.
>>
>>2. Needed to download all new Zip drive software. Worked the first time,
>>and pretty straightforward.
>
>>-------
>>My advice: If you don't have a compelling reason to spend time and money
>>upgrading to XP, wait for your next machine. If you have to reload an OS
>>anyway, tougher call.
>>
>>Hope this helps.
>>
>>LB
>
> I'm sure there will be issues to deal with, but at this point I have
> to go ahead and do a clean install of 98SE (which has never been done
> in 5 years!) or XP. I figured since I've already got an XP Pro CD I
> might as well go with that.
>
> I thought of getting a new PC but this one still works fine for my
> needs. And since I don't have to buy XP I can use the money I've saved
> for a totally unneccessary but coveted Ipod.
>
> Thanks!
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