will winxp work for this app?

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I'm piddling with an old 486 pc that has Win 95 on it. It's part of a
collection of donations for our church youth group.

Every time I turn around, I get an error message that a .dll file is
missing. I dutifully go home, download the file from a master DLL web site,
go back, and load it into System and System32 folders. Problem is, as soon
as I do that, another one pops up missing.

One solution is to run a Win 95 Restore disk. Don't think we have one, but
we're searching.

Next question is if I can get away loading WinXP on the old clunker? I have
a feeling it won't fly. If no one knows for sure, either way, I can at
least try it. Nothing to lose. Maybe in the meantime we can come up with a
Win95, Win98, or WinME restore disk.
 
RB wrote:

Next question is if I can get away loading WinXP on the old clunker?
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Possibly - depends on the other specs

I have a feeling it won't fly.
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I think you could well be right on that! ;-)

If no one knows for sure, either way, I can at
least try it. Nothing to lose. Maybe in the meantime we can come up with
a Win95, Win98, or WinME restore disk.
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Try Ebay for W95 disks....

OR, have a go at Linux!
 
Regretably, you guys are right. No way I can use WinXP on the old clunker.
Ebay it is for Win95/98/ME.

Thanks for the help. I could have crashed the old pc had I tried to load XP
into it.
 
If you keep having files go missing you might find the hard drive is
failing. Run scandisk on thorough and see what it says. As to your operating
system problem see if Windows 2000 will fit. It will run on slower computers
than XP. I'm not sure of the exact reqs though.
 
I am currently running WinXP on a IBM Geniune 486 DX 100 128meg ram with
1.2 gig harddrive.
It is very slow and used as a Word Processor running Word 2000 only.
 
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