[CTS] Re: Unable to upgrade to XP
- From: "Eric C. Vogel" <ericcvogel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:09:45 -0500
You have to change several of 10 main components. Here is a website that
says how it works, what it keeps track of.
http://www.licenturion.com/fl.cgi?arg=0302
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm
Also if you do not change your NIC, the less chance it goes off due to the
unique MAC address.
Thank you,
Eric Vogel
Windows XP MVP
Microsoft Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
http://www.mvps.org/ecvogel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hal Brown" <hdb@xxxxxxx>
To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: [CTS] Re: Unable to upgrade to XP
>
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 10:52:10AM -0500, John Madden duly noted:
> >
> >> I was going to install my Windows XP upgrade this weekend but first I
> >> checked with my cable ISP to make sure their connectivity software
supports
> >> XP---and they don't! XP has been on the market now long enough that
you'd
> >> think they would! I am disappointed but I don't want to give up my
cable
> >> internet access just so that I can have XP installed on my system.
Sigh.
> >
> >Blah, you'll be glad you didn't upgrade to XP. There is absolutely
> >nothing gained by doing so.
> >
> >John
> --------end quoted text----------
>
> I hate the activation, but, it's THE most stable version of Windows yet.
> Not only that, I've put it on several computers and have yet to install a
> driver for anything. It has found some pretty far out hardware I have and
> installed the driver with no intervention from me. Except for the
> activation, which is a pain in the ass as far as doing anything with your
> hardware, IMO it's the best OS available right now, one reason being it
> works with most of the software and hardware you already have. There is
> much to be gained by installing it, but I would never do an upgrade, but a
> clean install instead. BTW, of the four computers of put it on, not one
has
> ever had a blue screen or a crash. When a program crashes you can simply
> end the program.
>
> --
> Expert: A person who knows more and more about less and less.
>
> Hal Brown
> mailto: hdb@xxxxxxx
> Visit me at: http://adwt.com
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