Any issues updating migrating from Windows 2000 Pro to Windows XP professional?

[Joe Donaldson]

I have a Windows 2k machine with enough disk space and memory.
Processor is only PIII 800 Mhz. Standalone machine.

Will I see a slowdown in thw way XP Pro runs versus WIn 2k?

As for drivers and cards I have SoundBlaster Live and a PCI 2.0 USB
card.
Modem is external USB. Extra hard drive is external USB.

Have Norton Installed, Quicken, Office XP (2002) among other
things....

I need to upgrade in place without doing a clean install. I will
install as FAT32 as I use Ghost and prefer the ability to boot to DOS
and restore my machine.

I have latest JVM and Direct X installed. Machine is for surfing, very
few games, research, etc...

*****What problems should I anticipate besides some driver issues
perhaps?

*****Any pros/cons of Win XP over 2K?


Thanks so much.

Sincerely,
Joe

 

[DL]

If it aint broke don't fix it

 

[Vagabond Software]

I have a PIII 600-E and I just upgraded from Windows 2000. My machine
actually seems a tad faster under XP, but this is just the general "feel";
I've done nothing to actually benchmark performance. Oh yeah, I haven't yet
installed anti-virus as I am trying to decide between getting the CA
MyETrust Anti-Virus for free or testing NOD32 for $40. I do have benchmarks
indicating My eTrust Anti-Virus real-time scanner puts a helluva drag on an
NTFS formatted system.

Note, I did a clean install and use the NTFS format.

Also note, there is nothing particularly new in Windows XP over Windows
2000. It is basically Windows 2000 Professional Plus...

- carl

 

[David Candy]

Don't use real time scanning. You are technical enough (more than enough) to not need real time scanning.

 

[Joe Donaldson]

Thanks very much,
Joe

Don't use real time scanning. You are technical enough (more than
enough) to not need real time scanning.

 

[David Candy]

I was talking to Vaggie about the AV stuff.

 

[Sharon F]

Oh yeah, I haven't yet
installed anti-virus as I am trying to decide between getting the CA
MyETrust Anti-Virus for free or testing NOD32 for $40.

I've tried Etrust's Armor suite and didn't like it very much - also because
of the drag on the system. I use their stand alone antivirus program and
run with real time scanning. Don't notice the same problem with it. Have
never tried installing just the a/v from Armor collection.