Upgrade 98 to XP Is it worth it?

[aa]

Enable Quick Launch just like you did with W2K by right clicking on your
task bar/Tool Bars/Quick Launch.

Thanks, that is what I was looking for. And this is the illustration to my
comments regarding XP GUI. How on earth one can guess that to enable
ClearDestop one has to activate Quick Launch? If you look at the thread
"icon which clears the desktop", you will see that I am not the only one who
has difficulties with that. My point is XP has too many features wich are
far from being strighforward to figure out how to use them.

Two weeks perhaps is not enough to learn XP. But I installed XP not for
pleasure. It is for work for I have to use a programme which is written for
XP only. And I cannot afford to spend even two weeks to switch from w2k to
XP.

If it has to do with your Anti Virus and
Firewall, open up the Control Panel/Security Center and I am sure you can
figure out how to stop *those* tips, hints, reminders, etc. Hint/Tip: tell
it to let you manage your AV and Firewall. I haven't gotten a tip, hint or
reminder about *anything* in ages.

You are saying that I cannot tell Windows hints, reminders from those of AV
and Firewall. I noticed that some XP funs take any critique of XP as a
personal insult and respond with insult. OK. There is a website with third
party software some of which is developed exactly to fight those XP's tips,
hints or reminders which you have not got in ages. How would you explain
that?

Regarding the alleged stability of XP, I myself cannot see the difference
between w2k and XP in this respect. My w2k is hanging couple of times a day
and I have to format disk and reinstall it twice a year. And just installed
XP keeps hanging witht he same frequency. I tried this on three computers
and the results are the same.
In a w2k/xp users society there is no unanimous opinion as to which one is
more stable.

 

[Tom]

Yea, you think you get the same clairvoyance running 98/ME on what should be doing what for you when you "don't know how". Open Help and Support, and type in key words, you'd be amazed how helpful that is, and it is a FAR CRY better than H&S in 98/ME, and even 2000. XP's interface is sooo alike 98 (and ME) it is scary, and how you can say you are good with 98 and 2000, with their respective directories and startup configurations being so far apart, is beyond me. Me thinks, you're simply griping in the shadow of shame in for asking for help!

Instead of complaining how hard it is, simply ask "How To"!

 

[mrpsychology]

copy pasted from microsoft windows xp support help center here are the keys
that were shown in xp by microsoft copy pasted below

Windows keyboard shortcuts overview
Use shortcut keys as an alternative to the mouse when working in Windows.
You can open, close, and navigate the Start menu, desktop, menus, dialog
boxes, and Web pages using keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts may also
make it easier for you to interact with your computer.
Click a heading, or press TAB to highlight a heading, and then press ENTER.

General keyboard shortcuts

Press To
CTRL+C Copy.
CTRL+X Cut.
CTRL+V Paste.
CTRL+Z Undo.
DELETE Delete.
SHIFT+DELETE Delete selected item permanently without placing the item
in the Recycle Bin.
CTRL while dragging an item Copy selected item.
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item Create shortcut to selected item.
F2 Rename selected item.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next
word.
CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the
previous word.
CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next
paragraph.
CTRL+UP ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the
previous paragraph.
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Highlight a block of text.
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Select more than one item in a window
or on the desktop, or select text within a document.
CTRL+A Select all.
F3 Search for a file or folder.
ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item.
ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program.
ALT+Enter Displays the properties of the selected object.
ALT+SPACEBAR Opens the shortcut menu for the active window.
CTRL+F4 Close the active document in programs that allow you to have
multiple documents open simultaneously.
ALT+TAB Switch between open items.
ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened.
F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop.
F4 Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.
ALT+SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window.
CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu.
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name Display the corresponding menu.
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu Carry out the
corresponding command.
F10 Activate the menu bar in the active program.
RIGHT ARROW Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu.
LEFT ARROW Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu.
F5 Refresh the active window.
BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows
Explorer.
ESC Cancel the current task.
SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive Prevent the CD from
automatically playing.


Dialog box keyboard shortcuts

Press To
CTRL+TAB Move forward through tabs.
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move backward through tabs.
TAB Move forward through options.
SHIFT+TAB Move backward through options.
ALT+Underlined letter Carry out the corresponding command or select
the corresponding option.
ENTER Carry out the command for the active option or button.
SPACEBAR Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check
box.
Arrow keys Select a button if the active option is a group of option
buttons.
F1 Display Help.
F4 Display the items in the active list.
BACKSPACE Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the
Save As or Open dialog box.


Natural keyboard shortcuts

You can use the following keyboard shortcuts with a Microsoft Natural
Keyboard or any other compatible keyboard that includes the Windows logo key
() and the Application key ().

Press To
Display or hide the Start menu.
+BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box.
+D Show the desktop.
+M Minimize all windows.
+Shift+M Restores minimized windows.
+E Open My Computer.
+F Search for a file or folder.
CTRL+ +F Search for computers.
+F1 Display Windows Help.
+ L Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or
switch users if you are not connected to a network domain.
+R Open the Run dialog box.
Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.
+U Open Utility Manager.

Accessibility keyboard shortcuts

Press To
Right SHIFT for eight seconds Switch FilterKeys on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN Switch High Contrast on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK Switch MouseKeys on and off.
SHIFT five times Switch StickyKeys on and off.
NUM LOCK for five seconds Switch ToggleKeys on and off.
+U Open Utility Manager.


Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts

Press To
END Display the bottom of the active window.
HOME Display the top of the active window.
NUM LOCK+ASTERISK on numeric keypad (*) Display all subfolders under
the selected folder.
NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN on numeric keypad (+) Display the contents of the
selected folder.
NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN on numeric keypad (-) Collapse the selected
folder.
LEFT ARROW Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select
parent folder.
RIGHT ARROW Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select
first subfolder.


Notes

a.. You must associate a password with your user account to secure it from
unauthorized access. If you do not have a password associated with your user
account, pressing the +L will not prevent other users from accessing your
account information.
b.. Some keyboard shortcuts may not work if StickyKeys is turned on in
Accessibility Options.
c.. If you are connected to Windows through Microsoft Terminal Services
Client, some shortcuts have changed. For more information, see the online
documentation for Terminal Services Client.
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[aa]

Me thinks, you're simply griping in the shadow of shame in for asking for
help!

You thinks whatever you feel like, but I would advise to take a look the
other threads you before answering in such a tone. You will see that I have
no shame in asking.

Instead of complaining how hard it is, simply ask "How To"!

Did you bother to read the subject of this thread, Tom? The guy is asking if
upgrading 98 to XP worth it and I share with him the troubles I got into.
No complains and no asking How To in this thread.

Yet once you asked, I repeat, that when after w98 and NT4 I installed w2k, I
just kept working as if nothing changed. With XP I have to waste my time and
that of people in this Forum on all these "how To"

 

[Alias]

In a w2k/xp users society there is no unanimous opinion as to which one is
more stable.

Opinions are like *ss*oles. Everyone has one. I like XP much better than Win
2000. You don't. Fine. Can we move on?

 

[Tom]

I am not searching for threads that you have entered, or started for that matter, but from what I saw today, this is the only thread you in which you participated. You made a first post in this thread to "gel' referring to how much "a pain" XP is compared to 98/2000. This in turn to your admission that you tried XP for only for 2 weeks! I gave you answers and reasoning to your pains.. Read your own words before you make a intransigent stance that you cannot back up!

 

[Rock]

Yes, but in this very post were are discussing easiness of XP usage and my
second part was asking how to do this without inviting Regestry or third
party software

There is nothing easier than using Kelly's edits? Why are you so
resistant to that? Her edit gets most of what can be turned off and
they are safe. There are a few individual settings you can root around
for and making a change in those makes a change in the registry -
exactly the same as Kelly's edit. Others available through the group
policy editor which is available only in XP Pro. Making a change there
makes a change in the registry - the same as Kelly's edits. You're
chasing your tail.