Where can get XP demo

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I have plenty of experience of installing win95/98. I work as a temp and my
next offered two week assignment is installing win xp. No other task
involved
Question is:
1. Is it much harder
2. Is there a demo or installation tip site on the web?

Thanks.
 
It's the same. XP is far stupider than 98 (as MS tried but failed to make it as smart so gave up) but hardware now is far smarter than hardware then so it makes little difference. But XP is now old and may not install on modern hardware. The trick is to disconnect all hardware not essential to installing and reconnect the hardware after installing. Then install the drivers for the hardware,
 
Make sure you run the UpgradeAdvisor that is on the XP CD. It will run and
give you a list of all hardware and software incompatibilities.
 
Depending on how many you need to install and your skill level Sysprep can
help quite a bit

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302577&sd=tech

also here

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/default.mspx

and here


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/events/winxppro/default.mspx


Also while having an internet connection is really nice to get the computer
up and going remember that it takes less than 2 hours for a computer to get
a virus when online so the first thing to do is make sure you have a
hardware firewall or install and update your Antivirus software!


Wayne
 
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