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Congrats, bro!! You'll be a good un!!

appreciate it 10! now, we just need some Rebels over there to liven it up some. Any comp questions regarding that ol' windows computer?

You mean "Windoze"? Nope, I hear all the muss and fuss over them, but have never really had any major problems.....lest I say "Yet". The only probs I've run into so far have been "operator malfunction", if you get my drift....

Well, where I work, about 95% of all computer trouble happens between the chair and the keyboard! :D

USMC Wrote: Well, where I work, about 95% of all computer trouble happens between the chair and the keyboard! :D

I resemble that post.... I know what you mean!

I've had relatively little trouble with XP. I think it's the best Windoze out so far. The System Restore is a great feature in that if you "monkey" something up, you can restore the computer to an earlier date and what you've "monkeyed" up will be conveniently "fixed"!

Man, I need that, then... About to run out of my service contract. I've had to have my registry date reset a coupla times.. Was wondering which of the newer Windows was best for my home use.
I run W98 2nd Edition now.

XP is a different breed of cat from all the other versions of Windoze.

I'm certainly not a "techie", but once I got used to XP, I wouldn't want to go back to Windoze 98. It was on the old computer I had before I bought this one.

Of course, you still need to run scandisk, delete your temporary Internet files and run the disk defragmenter once in a while to keep your computer running at top efficiency, but I sure like it better!

NewspaperRebel Wrote:I've had relatively little trouble with XP. I think it's the best Windoze out so far. The System Restore is a great feature in that if you "monkey" something up, you can restore the computer to an earlier date and what you've "monkeyed" up will be conveniently "fixed"!

I almost had to use that restore thing-a-ma-jig a few weeks ago, but I couldn't remember when I had "monkeyed" it up. so I just let it be.

If your computer isn't very new, and not as fast as the new pc's, Windoze 2000 Pro would be a good alternative. It is just as reliable as Windoze XP, but dosen't require as much rescources. That's FYI @ no charge :D

USMC,

I'm running a Pentium III with 19Gb... and currently W98 2nd ed.

Which do you recommend for that kind of setup? Thanks!

do you know how much RAM is in the computer? something like 64 or 128?

USMC Wrote:If your computer isn't very new, and not as fast as the new pc's, Windoze 2000 Pro would be a good alternative. It is just as reliable as Windoze XP, but dosen't require as much rescources. That's FYI @ no charge :D

I think that's what msu64 just got.

USMC Wrote:do you know how much RAM is in the computer? something like 64 or 128?

128... the profile shows it 56% in use.

Mine currently has 256 Megs of RAM. This other one I've, er, come by has 512 Megs of RAM.

I think I can upgrade mine to 512 for less than a C-Note.

it's my opinion that I don't run XP on a machine with less than 256 mb of ram. It will run, but it seems to lag a little. If I were you, I would go with Windows 2000 Pro, you will like it, I assure you. Plus, it doesn't look as diffrent as XP.

Many thanks, USMC! I've been thinking of upgrading. Will take your advice when I do.

I have Windoze 2000 NT on a floppy and a CD if anyone's interested.

anytime LR!