[bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP

Hi

Forgive this late comment but is using XP upgrade the way to go when Vista
is just around the corner.

Kind regards
 
Charles Crisp
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Graham Page
Sent: 12 December 2006 20:11
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP

This is an access to work person but you would be lucky if Access to work
paid for you to upgrade a PC as this is really a business need.  I would say
that for any business, an upgrade from Windows ME or 98 to XP is absolutely
essential because of the lack of security updates.   
 
Cheers
 
Graham ----- Original Message ----- 

        From: George Bell <mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
        To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:44 AM
        Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP

        Hi Graham,
         
        I put "Windows 98" (in quotes) into Google, and up came Amazon,
among others.
         
        
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Second-version-Home-asin/dp/B00004U7MU
         
        I'm a bit confused since you now mention Access to Work.  If they
are paying, why not simply go for the full new version of XP?
         
        George.

________________________________

        From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Graham Page
        Sent: 11 December 2006 17:20
        To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP
        
        
        Hi George.  I would say that if you are going to upgrade then indeed
you may as well go for a gig.
         
        This is a small organisation, a church based project.  I have
nothing to do with the project but get the impression that they would like
to save any money they can.  If they have a Windows 98 CD then I would like
to go for an XP upgrade unless the difference in cost really is small.
         
        Where would be the best place to look? doing a google search just
seems to come up with loads of these crappy price comparison sites which can
be quite good though the best prices fluctuate wildly and are not really
suitable for Access to Work quotes where it can be at least a week or 2
before the order is made.
         
        Regards
         
        Graham

                ----- Original Message ----- 
                From: George Bell <mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
                To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
                Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 4:32 PM
                Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP

                Hi Graham,
                 
                Personally, I'd opt for a NEW version of XP (SP2), rather
than have to rely on having to obtain (and keep) an 98 CD.
                 
                May I also recommend upping the RAM to a full Gigabyte.
512MB is really pushing it these days.
                 
                George.

________________________________

                From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graham Page
                Sent: 11 December 2006 15:10
                To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: [bcab] upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP
                
                
                Hi all.
                 
                I have a client running windows 98 on a PC with 512MB of RAM
and a Pentium 4 processor with a clock speed of 3 GHZ.
                 
                This person is likely to need an upgrade as she uses this to
connect to the internet for her work and of course Windows 98 is no longer
getting security updates etc.  Also, I know connecting an IPaq is now
difficult with Windows 98, though I would have thought that Activesync 3.8
ought to work. maybe this is not the case with Windows Mobile 2005.
                 
                Anyway, is the best route to buy an upgrade disk and then
use it to do a clean install, supplying the original Windows 98 disk when
asked?
                 
                Where is the best place to buy a Windows 98 upgrade from or
am I not likely to get one now?  In this case is the only for this client to
buy a full boxed version of Windows XP?
                 
                Regards
                 
                Graham
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