I'll now install WinXP - anything I should know?

[ZokesPro]

He's doing it, he's actually gonna install XP......



Wait!! Az, don't do it! It's not worth it! NO! NO! NOOOOOOO!!!!!

Too late...we lost another.....



.....damn.....

P.S: Az, good luck, don't be tempted by the dark side!

[PAugustin]

I still don't understand, XP rune great ! It's a real good OS. That's my impression but I'm not the only one.

[ZokesPro]

It's ok, I ran it for almost a year using a crappy PSU and bad memory so you can imagine the problems I've had! But now it runs good.

(I was trying to be dramatic, did it work?)

[PAugustin]

Yeah it works
And I can imagine the issues you had. Random crashes and so...

[ZokesPro]

Before I figured the problem was my ram, my OS used to get corrupt about 3 times a day, eventually I got it up and running for quite some time but whenever i encountered a problem I left it like that, My system was a REAL MESS before I removed the bad module. Now it runs great but I still get the odd crash (seldom), might be because I overclocked my cpu. (that and my heatsink/fan combo probably isn't the best)

[Pace]

az: I wasn't saying necessarily to upgrade 98SE to XP, but change the role of her machine from ICS server to ICS client - i.e. move the modem/NIC to your machine.

I don't know what your setup is, but having your XP box as a firewalled ICS server might be better. Just a suggestion cerb

P.

[thop]

i din't read the whole thread but hey az if you want to install XP be prepared for:

[Oboy]

Originally posted by az
No, no - I have a girlfriend

And there's no way I fit into that tiny CD hole

AZ

LOL

Oboy

[UtwigMU]

IS SP1 out yet.

I'd wait for that and do some testing, perhaps dualboot for a while.

The most in the know Windows expert I know (He makes a living out of it) said XP is a step back. How many versions before Windows looks like Realplayer.

[az]

I made it!

It really looks like RealPlayer, and it's a little slow. But I like Cleartype (works on my DiamondTron NF), although fonts now seem a little bit blurred. The rest of the OS seems blurred even without CT

But I like it.

Pace: It's her modem, and her apartment - I'm moving out, so this would just be too much hassle. But to my surprise, I booted up, and after installing drivers, clicked on "internet" for the heck of it, and to my surprise, I was connected!? (her machine was running all the time) This OS is DANGEROUS!

AZ

[az]

Oh, a few questions...

- I like that XP recognises my mp3 folders as music folders, but I don't like them not being shown in detail. I know I can set all folders to look like the one I'm currently viewing, and I know I could go through all of my music folders manually and change their looks, one by one. But there are hundreds of them.

- I have decided I like Outlook Express best as an e-mail client. How do I make it secure?

I'm sure there are more questions, but I'm tired right now

Thank you for the help

AZ

[Tomasz]

XP is a very stable OS from my experiences and the new gui looks much more vibrant than the old drab win9x/win2k gui, and besides it is quite customizable

Here are a few of my responces to some stuff brought up in the thread:

- I have decided I like Outlook Express best as an e-mail client. How do I make it secure?

Install the latest patches, run Norton Antivirus in the background with email scanning enabled, don't do anything stupid like open unknown attachments and hope for the best...

- Enable XP firewall for your internet connection. It works.

Not if you have a home lan... then use zonealarm instead.

The KyroII just doesn´t have enough 2D functions to properly accelerate winXP

Interesting...Runs very smooth here on one machine that has a Duron 1.2 GHz and a Millennium I @ 1024x768x85Hz with all eyecandy turned on...

[WyWyWyWy]

Yes, there are something you should know...

- StyleXP and http://www.themexp.net
- msconfig.exe is back!
- You might want to use large (48x48) icons, which look nice
- Try TweakXP
- If you are using a "special" version, don't apply SP1! It will lock you out.
- http://www.windowsxp.nu

And some more I can't remember at the moment...

[Drizzt]

And, more important, don't install WindowsXP. It's shit for kiddies.

[Dogbert]

I use XP at work. Lot's of eye candy but nothing special besides that. I hate WinXP.

I use Win2k pro at home and I'm quite happy qith it. Win2k is the best (least worst ?) piece of software written by M$ to date (except maybe for minesweeper )