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I'm interested in upgrading from Win98SE to XP. Has anyone had problems
with the upgrade or should it done on a formatted hard drive with a full
install? I ask because of upgrade nightmare's when I tried to put Win2k and
WinME on my computers.
Thanks,
Howard
-----Original Message-----
From: Hinton Clabaugh [mailto:clabaugh@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 1:18 PM
To: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RT] Computer Memory /Resources Question
I second that, and would advise XP over W2K. It is as stable, but is easier
to setup and maintain. I have not seen one blue screen in almost a year of
using XP on two heavily used computers.
> Yes, upgrade to W2K or XP. Windows 98 has horrible memory management.
> And now that you have 384MB, W2K and XP will run fine.
>
> Kent
> > Using windows 98 have always had memory management problems frequently
operating on the cusp of locking up with more than 90% of resources used...
always in the 19--37% range with one program
> > running but with virus...and firewall always running.
> > I have increased Ram to 384 with now apparent change in behavior. I
assume it is Win 98 "s poor memory management, Is the answer win 2000 or is
there a swap file tweak that is worth trying
> > Memory is not the answer, but 2000/XP could be, as well as shutting
down unnecessary programs. Here is a reference that I found a longtime ago
(http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/index.htm) that
> > you might find helpful.
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