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From my experience Windows 2000 runs quite well on 192 megabytes
of ram.Win 2K is far preferable to ME or 98 se.
Laurence Mckenna
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From: "Thomas Mayer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 6:20 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] ME to XP Pro back to ME
> I'm surprised XP even runs with only 160MB of RAM. If you go to the
> Compaq/HP site and go through technical support for the specific model of
> Compaq computer, you should be able to determine how much memory it will
> accommodate as well as the type of memory. XP likes 512MB or more. If you
> can, adding RAM is the easiest solution. If you can not increase the RAM,
> than reverting to an older OS is appropriate. However, I found that at
> least 256MB of RAM was needed for satisfactory performance of even the
> older Window's OS's.
>
> If you can, stay with XP. If you have to revert, in my opinion 98SE is
> better than ME. Before reverting, save to a CD whatever data files are
> important to your friend, such as the address file and the financial
> file(s). Using a bootable floppy disk with the utilities on it, fdisk and
> format the HD for a clean install.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Tom Mayer
>
> SRS wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>> I am helping a friend out with an older computer(app 6 1/2 yrs old).
>>> Compaq Pentium III 800 mhz processor, 30 gig hd Bus clock 133 mhz, 160
>>> mb DIMM,NTFS. The machine came with Windows ME. Someone installed
>>> Windows XP Pro and it has slowed down considerably. He uses it to pay
>>> some bills online and has very limited use. He just wants it back like
>>> it was. Now come the questions. 1) Is the slow-down because of the
>>> amount of memory that XP Pro requires? 2) If so, what is the correct
>>> procedure to uninstall XP Pro and re-install ME or 3) is 98 second
>>> Edition better?
>>>
>>> thanx,
>>> stephen r stanfield
>>>
>>
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