Greetings --
"Glacial" is the term that comes to my mind, I'm afraid. A 233
MHz CPU meets the bare minimum required for installing WinXP, but it
certainly won't run very well. If you turn off all of WinXP's GUI
eye-candy (Right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced >
Performance > Visual Effects > Adjust for best performance and
Right-click the Taskbar > Properties > Start Menu > Classic Start
Menu), it will still be quite slow but usable for simple (as in
NotePad or WordPad) text editing, email, web-browsing, etc. It won't
be any good for graphics-intensive applications, modern applications,
and most newer (produced within the last 2 - 3 years) games.
However, with a PC this old, it's essential to make sure it's
components are WinXp-compatible _before_ proceeding. Have you ensured
that all the PC's components are capable of supporting WinXP? This
information will be found at each of the PC's component's
manufacturer's web sites, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
(
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx). Computer components
designed for use with Win9x/Me very often fail to meet WinXP's much
more stringent hardware quality requirements.
Can you obtain OS-specific device drivers for your PC's
components, and any necessary motherboard BIOS updates? Additionally,
you can download and run Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you
have any incompatible hardware components.
(
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp)
HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639
Bruce Chambers
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