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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