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Peter in New Zealand
I have a kind of wierd question that I hope won't seem too daft. First of
all let me say that I have been working with computers since the days of
the VIC20 and Atari 400 era. I have used Windows since 3.1 came out, and
I have been using the Internet since it first became available in my area
at $10.00 an hour dialup! (gasp!) So I know probably as much as any
unqualified tinkerer. (grin). I have a laptop with the following specs:
CPU = Pentium 4 1.8 Gig.
RAM = 512 Meg.
HDD = 40 Gig.
It’s a generic bog standard machine. It has run Windows 2000 and XP. But
here’s the rub. It should be totally capable of running XP, and indeed it
does install and work, but never just “feels” right. (Now there’s a
technically enlightening term). There’s tiny hesitations, things don’t
quite go as expected, and so on. The latest is that is often locks up
when shutting down and has to be stopped with the power button. Now, I
know all the things like Trojans, viruses, etc. that can do this sort of
thing, but I am reasonably well armoured with McAfee’s security suite.
The strange thing is that if I wipe the drive and clean install Windows
2000 it works smoothly day after day without a hitch, ever.
I am currently using 2000, but I have this copy of XP Pro sitting on my
shelf, and it annoys me to see it sitting there after I paid retail for
it to upgrade. I want to sell it, but before I do can I ask if anyone has
ever come across such a thing as a machine and a particular OS release
just not liking each other for no apparent reason? It’s sure got me beat.
I’ve swapped the two OS’s so many times that this phenomenon is quite
clearly consistent, and XP displays the issues even straight after a
completely clean install. I also install SP1 & SP2.
What it boils down to is this - I can continue to run 2000 and have a
trouble free machine day after day, or I can upgrade to XP with the
advantages that brings, and then put up with these little anomolies all
the time. I am grateful for anyone's thoughts on this, as I am at a
complete loss.
all let me say that I have been working with computers since the days of
the VIC20 and Atari 400 era. I have used Windows since 3.1 came out, and
I have been using the Internet since it first became available in my area
at $10.00 an hour dialup! (gasp!) So I know probably as much as any
unqualified tinkerer. (grin). I have a laptop with the following specs:
CPU = Pentium 4 1.8 Gig.
RAM = 512 Meg.
HDD = 40 Gig.
It’s a generic bog standard machine. It has run Windows 2000 and XP. But
here’s the rub. It should be totally capable of running XP, and indeed it
does install and work, but never just “feels” right. (Now there’s a
technically enlightening term). There’s tiny hesitations, things don’t
quite go as expected, and so on. The latest is that is often locks up
when shutting down and has to be stopped with the power button. Now, I
know all the things like Trojans, viruses, etc. that can do this sort of
thing, but I am reasonably well armoured with McAfee’s security suite.
The strange thing is that if I wipe the drive and clean install Windows
2000 it works smoothly day after day without a hitch, ever.
I am currently using 2000, but I have this copy of XP Pro sitting on my
shelf, and it annoys me to see it sitting there after I paid retail for
it to upgrade. I want to sell it, but before I do can I ask if anyone has
ever come across such a thing as a machine and a particular OS release
just not liking each other for no apparent reason? It’s sure got me beat.
I’ve swapped the two OS’s so many times that this phenomenon is quite
clearly consistent, and XP displays the issues even straight after a
completely clean install. I also install SP1 & SP2.
What it boils down to is this - I can continue to run 2000 and have a
trouble free machine day after day, or I can upgrade to XP with the
advantages that brings, and then put up with these little anomolies all
the time. I am grateful for anyone's thoughts on this, as I am at a
complete loss.
