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| WOW the site looks so different!
I upgraded my computer to Windows 2000 Professional! yay!! go me!!!
Can anyone tell me the differences from 2000 and 98? They just told me its better than what I had but weren't specific as to how it's better.
OS: Windows XP Pro
Intel Pentium, 133Mhz
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| Hmm. It's hard to know where to start. Windows 98 and Windows 2000 are totally different beasts. Trying to explain the differences (at least, from a technical perspective) would be like trying to explain the differences between Dubya and intelligent life.
Win2k Pro is essentially Windows NT version 5 whereas Windows 98 is essentially little more than a pretty graphical user interface built on top of MS-DOS. The Windows NT family of operating systems (which includes Windows XP) is considerably more stable in operation than Windows 9x. There's far less reliance on 16-bit applications and sub-systems and much better control over file systems and drivers in general.
One of the biggest advantages is that you now have the NTFS filing system rather than FAT32. Although FAT32 is fractionally faster, NTFS is more secure and more reliable.
Remember that Windows 2000 was not aimed at the consumer end of the market - it was a business operating system designed to be run on corporate networks. Whilst there's nothing in it that should prevent you from running it at home, many of the features that were not available of 9x are little use outside of an enterprise environment; proper domain authentication, group policy and IntelliMirror software installation support, TCP/IP printing, and so on...
The best place to read up about Win2k is Microsoft's site. The information available about Win2k is enormous - it's just a case of wading through it and picking the tasty-looking bits.
But congratulations on finally emerging fromt he dark ages and seeing the light (albeit at a distance!)
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| WOW WOW!
Well mine is still in the FAT32 file system.
I upgraded to Service Pack 4 and then my system kept restarting over and over. I had to install Win98 again and then Win2K cause it just wouldnt work any other way.
Guess now that I have it working I shouldnt upgrade. Is that a wise thing?
I did go to the website earlier and I just got lost, can't seem to find my way around there.
I'm happy about the upgrade though, I don't feel so old school now.
OS: Windows XP Pro
Intel Pentium, 133Mhz
64MB
S3 VIRGE PCI(325) (2MB)
CD: Sony cd-rom CDU77E (4x cd-rom)
HD: 2GB |
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| I would advise you to try and get the update to work. Its far
better to have an up-to-date system with all patches and security fixes
than to not. I'm sure someone here can help you get the SP to
install and work properly, as I have no knowledge whatsoever with
Windows 2000.
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| Well I got Firefox on there as my browser now, cause I hear lots of good things about it.
and I have Zone Alarm Pro 4 point something as my firewall.
I have noticed that everything is a lot faster now than in Windows98.
As for the updates, I don't want any more headaches. So I won't even
attempt it. My harddrive has been formatted so many times already,
don't think I want to spend another 2 hours reinstalling everything
again if it breaks down
OS: Windows XP Pro
Intel Pentium, 133Mhz
64MB
S3 VIRGE PCI(325) (2MB)
CD: Sony cd-rom CDU77E (4x cd-rom)
HD: 2GB |
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Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 are by far the most stable versions of Windows. The others really "trail behind". May I suggest to upgrade the RAM to 128MB? I'm sure you'll benefit from that. Nice earrings, by the way. Service Packs 3 and 4 for Windows 2000 are -- next to providing the regular collection of updates -- more developed as far as backward compatibility is concerned so I'd really try to get SP4 going. Keep up the good work!
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[QUOTE=Thomas76]
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 are by
far the most stable versions of Windows. The others really "trail
behind". May I suggest to upgrade the RAM to 128MB? I'm
sure you'll benefit from that. Nice earrings, by the way.
Service Packs 3 and 4 for Windows 2000 are -- next to providing the
regular collection of updates -- more developed as far as backward
compatibility is concerned so I'd really try to get SP4 going.
Keep up the good work![/QUOTE]
I can't add any more RAM, there are no more free slots.
Each time I've tried to update, my computer keeps restarting over and over.
and thanks those are one of my fav pairs
OS: Windows XP Pro
Intel Pentium, 133Mhz
64MB
S3 VIRGE PCI(325) (2MB)
CD: Sony cd-rom CDU77E (4x cd-rom)
HD: 2GB |
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