It's good to hear that it's fast on some boxes, but it sure is slow on new 2.4GHz PCs with Norton or McAfee installed. I replace the antivirus with something better, such as Avast and the speed is almost double. Bil Green PC 1000 Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 760-924-1000 Thursday, October 7, 2004, 10:39:39 AM, you wrote: l> i like XP, it boots and shuts down much faster than 2000 for me. l> 2000 uses more resources for network security and user l> passwords, etc. l> it may not have as much security but i am the only user. l> i like the speed of xp on a 2 gig machine. l> i have 4 computers networked and working great. l> just my opinion. l> Larry l> Gary McCartney wrote: >> Like I mentioned before, Windows 2000 is the way to go. It is stable >> like XP because it is built with NT technology (XP is built on the >> Windows 2000 core), but without the bloat (fancy stuff) that XP hogs >> resourses with. I can't see Longhorn being any better as far as the >> bloat goes, although they've had time to perhaps correct some of the >> issues that XP has. One thing I think is that there will be more hidden >> tracking in it, such as perhaps sending more info back to the software >> makers, etc. (just my opinion, no confirmation of this). >> >> >> >> >> Gary McCartney >> >> McCartney Electronics >> Guelph Ontario Canada >> Est. 1984 >> email: gary (at) number63.ca >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Bil Green wrote: >> >>>Although XP is much more stable than Windows 9x it has problems. >>> >>>It's bloated software >>>Needs a ton on memory >>>Has annoying pop-up menus and messages >>> >>>Too many Services are turned on by default (creating a serious >>>security problem if you don't know enough to disable some of >>>them). >>> >>>Companies like Dell and Gateway routinely sell systems with >>>inadequate amounts of memory and don't make it clear to the >>>customer that they need to purchase much more. So they just >>>plug along and suffer. >>> >>>By default all the eye candy is enabled (and few people know >>>that it needs to be disabled, or how to do it). All the fancy >>>stuff eats up memory even when it's not being used (unnecessary >>>special effects for menus, etc.) >>> >>> >>>Bil Green >>>PC 1000 >>>Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 >>>760-924-1000 >>> >>>Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 10:51:57 AM, you wrote: >>> >>>Lwc> Hi Robert, >>>Lwc> You are correct in assuming that with reasonable care you can get >>>away >>>Lwc> with XP as it comes out of the box. The issues that I have seen so far >>>are >>>Lwc> usually related to the customers inadequacies in computer management. >>>I.E. a >>>Lwc> firewall. I haven't had any issues with windows XP to speak of here and >>>I just >>>Lwc> started using it once SP2 came out and before I ever heard of any >>>problems with it >>>Lwc> itself. I'm a baby with XP at this point. Although my overall computer >>>Lwc> experience is a masters degree. Makes it far easier to accomplish using >>>it with good >>>Lwc> credentials. Unfortunately my customers generally don't have my years >>>of >>>Lwc> experience. This is where the problems arise. I personally thought I >>>would never >>>Lwc> give up 95. I eventually moved to 98, which I prefer but I have found >>>the more >>>Lwc> experience I have with all of Microsoft's OS's the better off I am from >>>a >>>Lwc> profit potential standpoint. >>>Lwc> >>>Lindsey >>> >>>Lwc> Lindsey Altman >>>Lwc> At Home Service Company >>>Lwc> 440 Cedar Ave. >>>Lwc> Claxton, Ga. 30417 >>>Lwc> athomeservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>Lwc> labeauxman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>Lwc> (912)739-1019 >>> >>>Lwc> Hi Lindsey, >>> >>>Lwc> I've been using XP Pro with SP1 update at home for almost a year with NO >>>Lwc> problems. >>>Lwc> I use 98SE on 2 computers at home and 7 computers here at shop. 4 of >>>these >>>Lwc> have had problems but only 2 were OS, 1 was power supply 1 was >>>motherboard >>>Lwc> I expect to have problems with XP because it is software >>>Lwc> and software and electronics give trouble thats how we make our living. >>> >>> >>> >>>Lwc> ----- Original Message ----- >>>Lwc> From: <Labeauxman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>Lwc> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>Lwc> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 4:08 PM >>>Lwc> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: New XP update/ screwed up my computer >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>Hi Robert, >>>>> Windows hasn't worked/been right since the beginning of it's >>> >>>Lwc> creation. >>> >>> >>>>>Without the updates with XP you couldn't use it for long. Also Microsoft >>> >>>Lwc> will >>> >>> >>>>>provide free phone support for issues related to SP2 problems. They appear >>> >>>Lwc> to >>> >>> >>>>>be fairly knowledgeable as well. So if you have issues related to it be >>> >>>Lwc> sure >>> >>> >>>>>and contact them. It's been my experience they are willing to help. For >>> >>>Lwc> issues >>> >>> >>>>>related to SP2 after installation contact a Microsoft specialist at (888) >>>>>SP2-HELP (772-4357). 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