Upgrading XP from Windows 2000

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newgroupsurfer - 30 Jan 2006 15:22 GMT

woul i run into any problems ...running an IBM compatible desktop
machine with 256MB ram and 20GB HD and a Epox socket 462 board. ? Want
all applications and devices running under Windows 2000 to run as they
were under Windows XP.

thanks

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Carey Frisch [MVP] - 30 Jan 2006 15:30 GMT

Before upgrading any existing Windows installation, it would be prudent to
run the Upgrade Advisor for Windows XP. This tool will report what hardware
or software may be incompatible with Windows XP. If you follow the Upgrade
Advisor's recommendations, you should not have any problem upgrading to
Windows XP.

If you fail to utilize the Upgrade Advisor, you may run into incompatibility issues.
Just inserting the Windows XP Upgrade CD in the CD Drive and selecting
"upgrade" is not going to give you the desired result. You must "prepare and
plan" your computer before beginning the upgrade process.

Windows XP Upgrade Advisor
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307726

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| woul i run into any problems ...running an IBM compatible desktop
| machine with 256MB ram and 20GB HD and a Epox socket 462 board. ? Want
| all applications and devices running under Windows 2000 to run as they
| were under Windows XP.
|
| thanks

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Ron Martell - 30 Jan 2006 21:51 GMT

>woul i run into any problems ...running an IBM compatible desktop
>machine with 256MB ram and 20GB HD and a Epox socket 462 board. ? Want
>all applications and devices running under Windows 2000 to run as they
>were under Windows XP.
>
>thanks

You might want to consider more RAM, as Windows XP's requirements are
much higher than those of Windows 2000.

And here is another article on upgrading to XP that you should read:
MVP Gary Woodruff's article on upgrading to XP:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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