Microsoft eases switch to XP

zdnet.com. ^ | February 25, 2003

[Cultural Jihad]

Activation is the future, so we might as well get used to it. Who is going to want to stay with Windows2000 when Windows2016 offers a 3D satellite phone? ;)

[PatriotGames]

billorites has wordstar. I don't have it. Sorry. If you send an email to him you could probably arrange to have him send it to you. My wife uses First Choice which is not wordstar.

[kezekiel]

My wife is a First Choice junkie!

Oh, man... when I was studying Econ in college, I did all my stuff in that program. I even ran statistical calcs in it. That was a great program for its day.

[Richard Kimball]

Yeah, 128 is low for memory. I'm running 640 meg on my iMac. Memory is cheap, now. I think Windows maxes out in useability at 640 meg, but the guys who are up on XP can give better info. FWIW, get as much as you can afford, up to the limit. It will speed your machine up a lot. Swap files suck in terms of slowing your machine down.

[chachacha]

I believe you should post this feat on the numerous bulletin boards who would give their lives to learn how to get it to work. Even on Microsofts own Web Site the question is being asked. As for me I really don't care any more.

[dennisw]

I'm sure it would be 32mb in this day and age. Not as good as nvidia/nforce 32mb on board but good enough for business.

[dennisw]

Exactly! Win2000 is by far the best and most operating system out there, and it doesn't require the activation that XP does.

YUP. But download and use service pack#3. I have a winXP disk and don't bother with it because of activation. I've installed it a few times then let it lapse.

[Chances Are]

You need something akin to MemTurbo, which I've used with great success. Worked with 98, First Edition, and rocks with XP Pro.

CA....

[Chances Are]

First off, get more memory!

CA...

[RightOnline]

What are you running? How much memory do you have?

[RightOnline]

Also........I suspect you're dealing with larger and larger files as time goes on.....perfectly natural in CAD / CAE environments. The longer a project goes on, the larger and more sophisticated the model(s) get. What processor(s) are you running? What graphics adapter are you using? Are you running on a workstation-class system (i.e. IntelliStation from IBM or a Dell equivalent, for example?).

[mrb1960]

I have Service Pack 3 installed.

[dennisw]

Do you have service pack 4.2?

[AdA$tra]

No, but I see what network traffic occurs, and what ports are onen or closed.

If only it were that simple. One can do that in Windows, but it offers no guarantee as to what is really going on. It is far more complex than that.

[AdA$tra]

Not as good as nvidia/nforce 32mb on board but good enough for business.

The Intel site has every bit of info one might want about the 845GL chipset except the amount of memory. It isn't much of a chip, IMHO. I am an ATI guy by preference, but my Inspiron has a Nvidia GE Force 128. So far it has been good for everything including my Open GL stuff from Lightwave 3D.

[dennisw]

You gots ta run it through google instead of sifting thru a huge website like Intel.



http://216.239.57.100/search?q=cache:deRiNvd9LCMC:www.eprom.com/home/faq/Intel(R)%2520Chipset%2520Comparison%2520Chart%2520-%2520Value%2520Desktop%2520Chipsets.htm+845GL+chipset+++32mb&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[Xenalyte]

After I virused up my hard drive, Xena's Guy put XP on there (maybe three months ago), and the only problems I've had since the switch are associated with not shutting down Norton Antivirus before I start a game.

And as much as I'd like to, I can't blame that on Microsoft.

[Xenalyte]

My 2 year old Dell was upgraded to XP from ME this past weekend.So far it's been great. I have had no problems, running Dungeon Seige from it.

Hey Bacon, another Dungeon Siege player over here!

[Bacon Man]

Hey Bacon, another Dungeon Siege player over here!

Dungeon Siege sweet! Need Dungeon Siege 2!!!