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January 18th, 2006 13:00
Upgrading to Windows XP Home Edition from Windows Millenium Edition
I am considering upgrading to Windows XP - Home Edition but have no technical expertise or practical knowledge in this respect.
Do you consider this a wise move? I am a retired person and only use the computer for personal work at home. I have a Dell Desktop Dimension 4100 Series Pentinum 111, proc. 933 MHZ with 18.6 Hard Drive.
I have some concerns that my ME Edition may run out of technical support but do not have firm confirmation of such.
From a cost standpoint,is it more economical in the long run to upgrade to Windows XP rather than make a computer change. If upgrading is advised, is it difficult to make the change or is it simply a case of a new CD being inserted, and it will replace the Windows ME software. I do not have expertise in this field.
Any information and help you can give me will be very much appreciated. If I am sending this to the wrong message board, I apologize and request you to re-direct with my thanks.
Thanks again.
Stewart Fluney
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Denny Denham
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January 18th, 2006 16:00
Your computer is marginally suited to XP. You don't specify the amount of RAM installed but the 18.6GB hard drive might be a bit snugt with 3.5GB of Windows XP on it. That of course depends on how much free space is on it now (I still have quite a bit of room on my 8.4GB disk on my Windows 98 SE system).
For the way you use your system, personal work, is Microsoft's suppport of Windows ME an issue for you? While Critical Updates will no longer be available older versions of Windows (95, 98, ME) are less of an inviting target to virus authors as time passes.
If you move to XP, I'd recommend at least 256MB of RAM and a clean install. You can do that with an XP Upgrade CD (see this). While this is not as simple as upgrading over ME those who have upgraded over ME have nearly invariably ended up with a system so unstable that it required a reinstallation of XP. The operating system is considerably easier to install than any earlier version of Windows.
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January 18th, 2006 19:00
Denny Denham:
Thanks for your response.
I should have told you I have 14.6 GB free on the Hard Drive (out of a total of 18.6) but only 128 MB of RAM. In consequence, I gather the RAM is inadequate.
Is my next step to consider purchasing a new processor with Windows XP - Home Edition, factory loaded, on it? I have a 17" Dell Trinitron Monitor, a Hewlett Packard PSC Printer-Scanner-Copier, Altec Lansing ACS-340 Speakers, DIM, Fact, with Subwoofer and an MS Internet Keyboard ME, Dell Edition for Windows ME. I hope these are all compatible with a new processor using Windows XP - Home Edition.
I'm very appreciative of your help.
Stewart Fluney
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