The only way to go is a fresh install As Scott said - up-grading brings
along other things.
PLUS IT really keeps most of old win - 98 system.

If done this way system will start up faster than any version of Windows 98.

A nice tip. Once it is running correctly and to you satisfaction,
set a - SET POINT. Making a set point once a week or so is a good idea.
Should you muck it up at a later date you can restore it back to the point
it operated right.
YOU will not loose any of your files doing this either.
Now if you add any new programs to system - AND if you DELETE
something you shouldn't. Then next day or so you try to do something and
the computer doesn't want to respond or you get an ERROR message.
You can use RESTORE to put computer back to when all was correct
will help your nerves....
Flyrods


"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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Frank Church wrote in
9.11:

OK, I finally got tired of bsods, lockups, illegal ops etc, etc. so I
upgraded to WinXP Home Edition today. So far, what I've seen I like;
the only fly in the ointment seems to be that windows open slower and
it takes noticeably longer to boot up and shut down. I'm used to
windows fairly snapping open with W98 (when it wasn't locked up, etc)
I have 512 megs RAM and an Athlon 1.2 gig processor. Am I gonna have
to go to a faster processor to kick this thing in the butt or what?
One small negative in this whole thing is my scanner software does not
work with WinXP..time for a new scanner I guess.

Frank Church
..'fishin' for help to keep this partly on topic

The only advice I can offer is to not do an "upgrade"from w98, but start
fresh with a clean install. Of course, you then need to reinstall all
your
apps, and might have license problems that you need to deal with, but its
the only way to guarantee you're not bringing any old baggage along with
you.

FWIW, my XP Pro installation is tons faster on bootup than any NT-family
product I've ever used.

Scott