RE: Microsoft XP

From: Kevin Kostyszyn <kevin_at_dulcian.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 05:31:10 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00376CB2.20010824054629@fatcity.com>

Kimberly,

Don't get me wrong, I have 2k on a couple of machines and it is very stable compared to 98 and NT. Problem is the motherboard I purchased has a Promise ATA100 controller on the board, and I would have had to had installed the drivers before installation. However, I wasn't sure where they were and didn't feel like looking for them. Also, some programs, especially games with opengl and direct x and stuff like that still don't like 2k. I believe down the road I'll wind up installing it. KK

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Smith
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 6:59 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I have not seen XP myself but a co-worker likes it. He was running 2000, which is what I run. What issues did you have installing W2K? It was pretty straight forward. The only issue I had was my motherboard is a RAID board and I had to use the drivers supplied. I keep going past the section where they were prompting me to switch to the a: drive without noticing a couple of times before I noticed.

You can also upgrade 98 with 2000. I did a couple of machines at the office with no issues whatsoever. Just make sure you got drivers for 2000 before hand since you computer is new.

I don't know what other people will say but so far its been very stable for me, both at work and home.

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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 2:52 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

well screw that!! They can keep XP, I am staying away from it now!! You know, I just built myself a sweet monstosity of a machine at home. I installed Windows 98 because I have it and it was easier than figuring out how to install win2k. Now I am so frustrated with the instability of it that I am almost depressed. Oh what to do.....

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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:40 PM
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Has anyone heard of all the troubles that the new version of Microsoft is having getting released ??

One of the ugliest things I see is their new licensing scheme. They make sure you are using it only on a specific machine by having its functionality based on hardware items on your system. This configuration has to be registered either by phone or by internet about a month after it is installed or everything stops working. If you change something big, like a Network Card or cpu chip, your system will not boot because it thinks you have installed it on a different machine.

Anyone have options on the new XP ?
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