Upgrade to XP Professional

[Guest]

Can I upgrade a Windows 2000 machine to XP OS? without running into serious problems.
I have a Compaq Armada Notebook running Windows 2000 Professional. I would like to change the OS to XP Professional.

Thanks

 

[Dave Patrick]

You can but it's doubtful that the upgrade will fix your "serious problems"

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| Can I upgrade a Windows 2000 machine to XP OS? without running into
serious problems.
| I have a Compaq Armada Notebook running Windows 2000 Professional. I would
like to change the OS to XP Professional.
|
| Thanks

 

[dcdon]

Hi KH,

If you are not having any serious problems now, the upgrade to XP
professional is fine, but not XP Home. If you want to do it because you have
started having problems with W2K, a clean install would be much better. If
you choose to clean install, be sure that you get all data, address book(s),
email folders, added fonts, customized email stationery, saved images,
music, added dictionaries, and more. You can these days use pen drives to
transfer much more to another computer temporarily. Also free email accounts
are providing much more space, so some of the items can be moved onto others
HDD's temporarily.

good luck,
don



Can I upgrade a Windows 2000 machine to XP OS? without running into serious
problems.
I have a Compaq Armada Notebook running Windows 2000 Professional. I would
like to change the OS to XP Professional.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Thank you both for responding.
I am going to start a clean install, so I hope no more issues will arise )

Kimberly

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

While Win2K can be upgraded to WinXP Pro, it's unlikely that this
will be of any help to you. If your budget laptop is having trouble
running Win2K, it's very unlikely that it will be any more compatible
with WinXP.

Have you made sure that 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) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP 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.


Bruce Chambers
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Can I upgrade a Windows 2000 machine to XP OS? without running into serious problems.
I have a Compaq Armada Notebook running Windows 2000 Professional. I

would like to change the OS to XP Professional.