Win ME to Win XP???

GSDragoon · April 11th, 2002, 00:16

I have an anthlon 900 with 384 megs of RAM and a TNT2 Pro. I am curently using windows ME. It is constantly giving me errors and crashes often. I am looking for some opinions on whether or not I should upgrade to Win Xp.

**Betamax** · April 11th, 2002, 00:39

download and run microsoft's compatiblity check. That will inform you of any potential problems that will need fixed in order for you to use this OS.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...ng/advisor.asp

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**Snake785** · April 11th, 2002, 00:40

I personally think your system will run WinXP just fine. But you might sacrifice (sp?) compatibilty with some programs (mostly games and emus such as VGS). But WinXP will be a lot more stable than ME, thats for sure.

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**Shiori** · April 11th, 2002, 03:33

Definitely upgrade to Win XP, unless you're terribly cramped in the disk space department (like I do

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If you are, you might want to disable hibernation mode and system restore. WinXP will then take just over a gig of space, barebones.

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G-Pitts · April 11th, 2002, 03:37

Yes.. upgrade to winXP and if you can, get winXP Pro, the best OS for now IMO

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April 11th, 2002, 19:55

Upgrading to any OS other than ME is a definite yes.

Esturk · April 11th, 2002, 22:44

Definately go for XP Professional if you can. It's great.

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**Kane** · April 12th, 2002, 01:35

I agree completely: Remote desktop saved my nuts when my monitor got frikkin dropped (it was simpler than VNC, as RD was already enabled)

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**Snake785** · April 12th, 2002, 01:43

How does remote desktop run? Does it run good? Just curious.

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**Demigod** · April 12th, 2002, 03:13

It runs alright, but don't expect to run games or movies on it. I use it to check up on my sister's computer so I don't have to always walk over there.

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**Kane** · April 12th, 2002, 03:29

I just used it to browse, and set my pooter running net streaming apps. It also allowed me to browse to forums after I forgot my password, as it's stuffed in the cookies.

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April 12th, 2002, 14:46

I think if you install IIS on XP Pro, the Terminal Services Web is installed as well. That makes it easy for you to connect and use your machine even on systems that don't have terminal services/remote desktop client installed. Most of the time when I'm at school I just point my browser to http://shadowflare.flaredomain.net/tsweb and I've got instant Remote Desktop. It even supports full screen mode

**Kurbster** · April 12th, 2002, 16:02

I've downgraded to Windows 98 due to ME. I've regained 10% of system resources due to 98

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K.I.L.E.R · April 13th, 2002, 11:43

when I went from 98SE to ME I gained resources lol.
When I whent from ME to XP I gained more resources along with framerate and less $$$

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SadAngel · April 13th, 2002, 18:33

I sugest to you to get rid of WinME... it's sucks.... and if you can go for WinXP and you don't have abandonware or old games, you should def. should upgrade to Win XP!!

ebola · April 14th, 2002, 10:11

me is horrible. anything is better. I have xp pro on my dually. works pretty good. if you turn off some of the effects it runs a lot faster. i perfer the classic windows theme. actually i kind of perfer kde but I still need windows for school.

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Gnome · April 14th, 2002, 11:54

Xp pro rox go get it if you have the cash

Compatialbitly mode rox as well cause now i can play a few of my old games aswell

but gaming performace is 10% than win2000

and itll work fine on your comp

A word of warning get ad-aware ad get rid of the spy-ware on it

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amano · April 14th, 2002, 14:18

make a dual boot. remember you need two partitions on your harddrive. use winxp pro and on the other partition win98 SE. Install win98 first.

If you want to get backward compatibility to some old dos games use the tool VDMsound ( http://ntvdm.cjb.net/ ).

Ayu-zrepiV · April 14th, 2002, 22:14

get Wiindows XP.

i had windows ME on this system and, like you said, i had tons of errors and my ram was gone in a matter of 30 minutes when i ran windows me, but since i installed windows xp, my ram is always 50 % used and everything is going smoothly and haven't had a crash (yet).

well, if you're wondering... my system is

500 MHZ pentium 3 coppermine
192 megs of RAM
40 gig HD 7400 RPM (Maxtor)
10 gig HD 7400 RPM (didn't check this one)
16 meg video card (3dfx banshee, poor compatibility with games)
DVD Rom Drive (too loud)
HP Cd writer plus 8100 series (sucks...)
and last but not least...
a power button and a small reset button.

April 11th, 2002, 00:16	#1
GSDragoon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,969	Win ME to Win XP??? I have an anthlon 900 with 384 megs of RAM and a TNT2 Pro. I am curently using windows ME. It is constantly giving me errors and crashes often. I am looking for some opinions on whether or not I should upgrade to Win Xp.

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April 11th, 2002, 00:39	#2
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,506	download and run microsoft's compatiblity check. That will inform you of any potential problems that will need fixed in order for you to use this OS. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...ng/advisor.asp __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

April 11th, 2002, 00:40	#3
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,619	I personally think your system will run WinXP just fine. But you might sacrifice (sp?) compatibilty with some programs (mostly games and emus such as VGS). But WinXP will be a lot more stable than ME, thats for sure. __________________ My Computer specs: Pentium 4 2.6Ghz 512 MB of RAM Geforce FX 5700 128 MB Windows XP SP1 Click here for Flaretech.Biz Web Hosting

April 11th, 2002, 03:33	#4
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,128	Definitely upgrade to Win XP, unless you're terribly cramped in the disk space department (like I do ) If you are, you might want to disable hibernation mode and system restore. WinXP will then take just over a gig of space, barebones. __________________ My PC specs: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1 Ghz, ECS Elitegroup K7S5A, 256MB PC133 SDRAM, Geforce2 MX200 32MB, 20GB Seagate, Windows XP Pro. Ok, what else... Shiori figurine on top of case, assorted anime stickers on the side, lazy tabby cat on top of monitor.

April 11th, 2002, 03:37	#5
G-Pitts Whats Up Doc! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Land Below The Wind, Malaysia Posts: 1,232	Yes.. upgrade to winXP and if you can, get winXP Pro, the best OS for now IMO __________________ Kar-T-Ney + AMD Athlon64 X2 3600+ (2.25 ghz) + 4096 MB DDR2 + Geforce 7600GT 256 MB DDR3 + Realtek HD Audio + WinXP Pro SP2

April 11th, 2002, 19:55	#6
ShADoWFLaRe85 Guest Posts: n/a	Upgrading to any OS other than ME is a definite yes.

April 11th, 2002, 22:44	#7
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,964	Definately go for XP Professional if you can. It's great. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition SP1 \| Intel Core i5 2500K - 3.30GHz, 8MB L3 Cache \| Asus P8P67 Deluxe, Intel P67 Chipset, Socket 1155 \| 8GB Kingston PC3-10600 DDR3 \| Nvidia GeForce GTX460, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500HLFS, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD1001FALS, 1000GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

April 12th, 2002, 01:35	#8
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	I agree completely: Remote desktop saved my nuts when my monitor got frikkin dropped (it was simpler than VNC, as RD was already enabled) __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

April 12th, 2002, 01:43	#9
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,619	How does remote desktop run? Does it run good? Just curious. __________________ My Computer specs: Pentium 4 2.6Ghz 512 MB of RAM Geforce FX 5700 128 MB Windows XP SP1 Click here for Flaretech.Biz Web Hosting

April 12th, 2002, 03:13	#10
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 6,332	It runs alright, but don't expect to run games or movies on it. I use it to check up on my sister's computer so I don't have to always walk over there. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 4096 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 120 GB OCZ RevoDrive PCI-E SSD & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) PSU: Nexus 1000 Watt PSU OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) Proud millionaire folder of the NGEmu folding team

April 12th, 2002, 03:29	#11
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	I just used it to browse, and set my pooter running net streaming apps. It also allowed me to browse to forums after I forgot my password, as it's stuffed in the cookies. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

April 12th, 2002, 14:46	#12
ShADoWFLaRe85 Guest Posts: n/a	I think if you install IIS on XP Pro, the Terminal Services Web is installed as well. That makes it easy for you to connect and use your machine even on systems that don't have terminal services/remote desktop client installed. Most of the time when I'm at school I just point my browser to http://shadowflare.flaredomain.net/tsweb and I've got instant Remote Desktop. It even supports full screen mode

April 12th, 2002, 16:02	#13
Kurbster Administrator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9,440	I've downgraded to Windows 98 due to ME. I've regained 10% of system resources due to 98 __________________

April 13th, 2002, 11:43	#14
K.I.L.E.R Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,338	when I went from 98SE to ME I gained resources lol. When I whent from ME to XP I gained more resources along with framerate and less $$$ __________________ Agent of love and justice, beautiful Sailor Senshi Sailor Moon.

April 13th, 2002, 18:33	#15
SadAngel Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Dominican Republic Posts: 624	I sugest to you to get rid of WinME... it's sucks.... and if you can go for WinXP and you don't have abandonware or old games, you should def. should upgrade to Win XP!!

April 14th, 2002, 10:11	#16
ebola Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 900	me is horrible. anything is better. I have xp pro on my dually. works pretty good. if you turn off some of the effects it runs a lot faster. i perfer the classic windows theme. actually i kind of perfer kde but I still need windows for school. __________________ .: Cythraul Design :: MBA-Forums :.

April 14th, 2002, 11:54	#17
Gnome Yes, Im Back Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Keep Away From My House Posts: 159	Xp pro rox go get it if you have the cash Compatialbitly mode rox as well cause now i can play a few of my old games aswell but gaming performace is 10% than win2000 and itll work fine on your comp A word of warning get ad-aware ad get rid of the spy-ware on it __________________ http://gmserv.idleplay.net

April 14th, 2002, 14:18	#18
amano Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 77	make a dual boot. remember you need two partitions on your harddrive. use winxp pro and on the other partition win98 SE. Install win98 first. If you want to get backward compatibility to some old dos games use the tool VDMsound ( http://ntvdm.cjb.net/ ).

April 14th, 2002, 22:14	#19
Ayu-zrepiV Ph33r Domo-Kun Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 205	get Wiindows XP. i had windows ME on this system and, like you said, i had tons of errors and my ram was gone in a matter of 30 minutes when i ran windows me, but since i installed windows xp, my ram is always 50 % used and everything is going smoothly and haven't had a crash (yet). well, if you're wondering... my system is 500 MHZ pentium 3 coppermine 192 megs of RAM 40 gig HD 7400 RPM (Maxtor) 10 gig HD 7400 RPM (didn't check this one) 16 meg video card (3dfx banshee, poor compatibility with games) DVD Rom Drive (too loud) HP Cd writer plus 8100 series (sucks...) and last but not least... a power button and a small reset button.