Win XP Profession purchase

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Hi, I want to purchase Win XP Professional for few older pc's that have win
98 installed on it. I want to know what product should I purchase, Win XP
full pack or Win. xp prof upg/sa molp na
please let me know

 

[Doug Knox - [MS MVP]]

That depends on what you wish to accomplish. If you want to retain your
current applications and settings, then the upgrade version is fine. If you
don't care and want to completely wipe the system, you can still do this
with the upgrade, but it will ask you for your Win98 install media as proof
of eligibility.

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Hi, I want to purchase Win XP Professional for few older pc's that have
win
98 installed on it. I want to know what product should I purchase, Win XP
full pack or Win. xp prof upg/sa molp na
please let me know

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi, I want to purchase Win XP Professional for few older pc's that
have win 98 installed on it. I want to know what product should I
purchase, Win XP full pack or Win. xp prof upg/sa molp na
please let me know

Since the Upgrade version is considerably cheaper, and you qualify for it,
that's what you should buy. They both contain exactly the same software, and
both can do either a clean installation or an upgrade installation.

The only difference between the two is that to do a clean installation with
the Upgrade version, you have to insert the Windows 98 CD when prompted to
do so, as proof of ownership.

Two other points:

1. It isn't clear from the above whether you understand this, but just in
case you don't, let me point out that you need to purchase one copy of
Windows XP for each of the Windows 98 PCs. You can't use a single copy on
more than one.

2. Why do you want XP Professional rather than Home? Are you aware that XP
Home and Professional are identical except that Professional includes a few
features (mostly related to security and networking) missing from Home? Most
home users don't need and would never use these extra features and will see
no benefits by upgrading.

For details go to

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp>

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Also note another point, not included in any of the above: Professional
allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only five.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi, I want to purchase Win XP Professional for few older pc's that have win
98 installed on it. I want to know what product should I purchase, Win XP
full pack or Win. xp prof upg/sa molp na
please let me know

Before you spend any money on a new operating system, you should make
sure that these "older PCs" are capable of even runing WinXP.

Have you verified that all of your PC's hardware components are
capable of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx)

You should also take a few minutes to ensure that there are
WinXP-specific device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many models
in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's consumer-class
Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K before it, is quite
sensitive to borderline defective or substandard hardware (particularly
motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will still support Win9x.

HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639

Upgrading to Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm



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Bruce Chambers wrote:
This is particularly true of many models

in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's consumer-class
Pavilion product line.

Funny, I have XP Pro on an HP Pavilion computer I bought in 2000. All I
had to do was upgrade the memory from 128 to 512. XP recognized both the
Soundblaster Live audio card and the nVidia video card with no problems.
I also flashed the BIOS but I'm not sure that was necessary. I don't
know about other HP Pavilions but mine came with an ASUS MB.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Funny, I have XP Pro on an HP Pavilion computer I bought in 2000. All I
had to do was upgrade the memory from 128 to 512. XP recognized both the
Soundblaster Live audio card and the nVidia video card with no problems.
I also flashed the BIOS but I'm not sure that was necessary. I don't
know about other HP Pavilions but mine came with an ASUS MB.

I didn't say "all," and anyway, try it on a Pavilion manufactured in
'98 that was "Designed for Windows 98," specifically, rather than one
that was also designed for Windows 2000.


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I didn't say "all," and anyway, try it on a Pavilion manufactured
in '98 that was "Designed for Windows 98," specifically, rather than one
that was also designed for Windows 2000.

My computer was made in 99 and came with Windows 98 preinstalled.

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