upgrade

[Guest tsmbam]

Is it possible for me to upgrade from Windows Me to XP? And how do we go

about doing this?

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tam

[Guest Mike M]

Re: upgrade

 

tsmbam <tsmbam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Is it possible for me to upgrade from Windows Me to XP? And how do

> we go about doing this?

 

First question. Is your hardware suitable? How much RAM does your system

have and what cpu does it use?

> And how do we go about doing this?

 

By purchasing a copy of XP, Home or Pro, an upgrade version is all you

need, and then following the prompts. I would however first strongly

recommend that you run the upgrade advisor that is on the CD and also

uninstall all AV, firewall and CD/DVD writing software. These can then be

reinstalled once you have upgraded. I would also very strongly advise

that you also back up all of your valuable user data, photos, music,

videos, e-mail, passwords etc. "just in case" you have problems during the

upgrade and need to clean install.

 

Do not go back on the net until you have at least either installed XP SP2

(you can download this before you do the upgrade from Win Me to XP) or are

behind a router that uses NAT (network address translation) otherwise your

system will be infected by malware within seconds.

 

Note that copies of XP are no longer freely available for sale as

Microsoft stopped selling XP at the end of June this year other than for

low level systems.

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Mike Maltby

mike.maltby@gmail.com

[Guest N. Miller]

Re: upgrade

 

On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 06:40:01 -0700, tsmbam wrote:

> Is it possible for me to upgrade from Windows Me to XP? And how do we go

> about doing this?

 

I would start by reviewing the following:

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316639

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307726

 

The second article has download links for the Upgrade Advisor.

 

Despite Microsoft's claim that Windows XP will run with 64 MB of RAM, I

found it to be dog slow on a system with 128 MB of RAM. My cousin has an

eMachines so configured; and when I upgraded my HP Pavilion 6745C from

Windows Me to Windows XP Home Edition, I cannibalized a second HP Pavilion

6745C to bring the memory up to 256 MB. And even *that* is barely adequate,

in my not so humble opinion. Memory upgrades for older computers can be

dicey. A 256 MB memory module for my old Pavilions would cost twice as much

as a 1 GB memory module for my new Pavilions!

 

If the Upgrade Advisor gives your system a pass, or you can afford the

hardware upgrade recommendations it makes, then you have to buy a copy of

Windows XP. The Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade package I used cost $99 at

Fry's Electronics. Microsoft stopped selling Windows XP on June 30, 2008.

They did not recall retail copies shipped, however, so you might find a

retailer which still has copies on the shelf. I believe Fry's Electronics

*still* has copies available.

 

The Windows XP Professional Upgrade package will be $199. The only thing Pro

has over HE is Windows Domain network support, some detailed file security

settings, and Internet Information Systems (IIS; SMTP, HTTP, and FTP

servers). You probably won't miss those if you get HE. I don't miss them at

all. (I run a third party mail server application on the HE computer; better

features than the IIS SMTP server would have offered).

 

--

Norman

~Shine, bright morning light,

~now in the air the spring is coming.

~Sweet, blowing wind,

~singing down the hills and valleys.

[Guest Corday]

Re: upgrade

 

Maybe a dual booting with Linux would be a better idea.

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Corday

 

 

"N. Miller" wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 06:40:01 -0700, tsmbam wrote:

>

> > Is it possible for me to upgrade from Windows Me to XP? And how do we go

> > about doing this?

>

> I would start by reviewing the following:

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316639

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307726

>

> The second article has download links for the Upgrade Advisor.

>

> Despite Microsoft's claim that Windows XP will run with 64 MB of RAM, I

> found it to be dog slow on a system with 128 MB of RAM. My cousin has an

> eMachines so configured; and when I upgraded my HP Pavilion 6745C from

> Windows Me to Windows XP Home Edition, I cannibalized a second HP Pavilion

> 6745C to bring the memory up to 256 MB. And even *that* is barely adequate,

> in my not so humble opinion. Memory upgrades for older computers can be

> dicey. A 256 MB memory module for my old Pavilions would cost twice as much

> as a 1 GB memory module for my new Pavilions!

>

> If the Upgrade Advisor gives your system a pass, or you can afford the

> hardware upgrade recommendations it makes, then you have to buy a copy of

> Windows XP. The Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade package I used cost $99 at

> Fry's Electronics. Microsoft stopped selling Windows XP on June 30, 2008.

> They did not recall retail copies shipped, however, so you might find a

> retailer which still has copies on the shelf. I believe Fry's Electronics

> *still* has copies available.

>

> The Windows XP Professional Upgrade package will be $199. The only thing Pro

> has over HE is Windows Domain network support, some detailed file security

> settings, and Internet Information Systems (IIS; SMTP, HTTP, and FTP

> servers). You probably won't miss those if you get HE. I don't miss them at

> all. (I run a third party mail server application on the HE computer; better

> features than the IIS SMTP server would have offered).

>

> --

> Norman

> ~Shine, bright morning light,

> ~now in the air the spring is coming.

> ~Sweet, blowing wind,

> ~singing down the hills and valleys.

>

[Guest N. Miller]

Re: upgrade

 

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:45:00 -0700, Corday wrote:

> Maybe a dual booting with Linux would be a better idea.

 

Sometimes, just biting the bullet, and buying all new hardware is a better

idea.

 

--

Norman

~Shine, bright morning light,

~now in the air the spring is coming.

~Sweet, blowing wind,

~singing down the hills and valleys.