Win XP, 2000 (comparison, registration)

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So I have a copy of XP pro and 2000 pro. 2000 is on my machine now, but is there some reason that I should put XP on there? Don't I have to register XP after the installation? What if I need to re-install (or switch it to a different computer) will Microsoft not let me because I already registered it?
 
Stick with 2000 Pro. . . It is a slower booter, but it is more stable and more efficient with running programs : )
 
Secconding Miata there. Win 2K is the best OS Gates Corp. has ever made. Stick with it, as XP has nothing to offer.
 
Originally posted by skip0110
Secconding Miata there. Win 2K is the best OS Gates Corp. has ever made. Stick with it, as XP has nothing to offer.
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Not true, I beleive old school Dos 5 or 4 is the best : )

but I forgot which version of DOS it was . . .
 
Originally posted by danoff
So I have a copy of XP pro and 2000 pro. 2000 is on my machine now, but is there some reason that I should put XP on there? Don't I have to register XP after the installation? What if I need to re-install (or switch it to a different computer) will Microsoft not let me because I already registered it?
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I've had the same decision as you. I'm going with Windows 2000. Stable, and no frills.

I only wanted XP because it looked pretty.
 
Tisk tisk.

First of all, it entierly depends on your machine.

That said, a few corrections.

Yes, XP does boot faster, and yes, it does use a little more system, but it's worth it.

With some tweaking you can get it down to 2000 Pro efficiency.

It also supports newer hardware, handles RAM better, and more efficient with running programs.

Many think that 2000 and Xp are the same basically, which is mostly true, only XP has further optimized and upgraded etc those components.

Anything under 1.3GHz-1.5GHz and 256MB RAM or lower I'd go with 2k Pro, anything better than that I would go with XP Pro.

Yes, when you install XP you must activate it and you can only have one license key actived on one computer at a time. However, certain licenses don't require activation, such as the Corperate Edition licenses. If you're going to college or something, you might be able to get that from them for a few bucks. My brother can get a single license version of XP Pro for $5, but that's the kind that requires activation. Still a good deal.

From my experiences, XP has been just as stable as 2k, if not more so.

And, it's pertay...:D

One thing I don't like about XP...It's a lot harder to do things manually, and I don't like that, but I haven't had a large problem with getting it to do what I want it to do, just sometimes requires more work.
 
Originally posted by Burnout
With some tweaking you can get it down to 2000 Pro efficiency.

From my experiences, XP has been just as stable as 2k, if not more so.

And, it's pertay...:D
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I dont know, on my home desktop I had used System Mechanic with W2K to "keep system out of virtual memory" and it ran like greased lightning with only 1.3 MHz and 256 MB RAM. In comparison, XP on my 2.66 GHz laptop w/ 512 MB RAM and a better videocard was much slower at most tasks (open a folder, compile, install, run photoshop), and it crashed at least once a day. I know this was not an issue w/ system hardware, because after getting fed up with XP and switching to Linux, I can get uptimes of over a week.
 
xp uses significantly less resources if you either use skins or use the traditional windows interface for it. Combine that with the tweaks at www.blackviper.com and my xp machine is a rocket 👍. By the way, blackviper also has a win2k tweaks that are just as good.

I used to use 2k (over a year ago) but after hoards of unidentifiable driver problems and the endless blue-screens of death (yes the windows nt kernel DOES have BSODs), I made a switch to XP. I'm happy with it and it runs great.
 
One computer at a time for registering XP? But can you re-install and re-register onthe same computer? What if I switch out CPUs or switch computers and don't use the old one with XP anymore?

I'm guessing that XP can only be installed once on a given machine? How does microsoft know when you're not using your license on your old machine?
 
Originally posted by danoff
One computer at a time for registering XP? But can you re-install and re-register onthe same computer? What if I switch out CPUs or switch computers and don't use the old one with XP anymore?

I'm guessing that XP can only be installed once on a given machine? How does microsoft know when you're not using your license on your old machine?
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There are ways around the XP registration : ) <- But I don't know that now do I.
 
Originally posted by danoff
One computer at a time for registering XP? But can you re-install and re-register onthe same computer? What if I switch out CPUs or switch computers and don't use the old one with XP anymore?

I'm guessing that XP can only be installed once on a given machine? How does microsoft know when you're not using your license on your old machine?
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They will.

There are certain upgrades that would flip the XP switch and make you re-register, but that wouldn't be too much of a problem. Stuff like a RAM upgrade wouldn't, most likely not a CPU upgrade but maybe, etc.

XP Checks your system at boot and if it finds something it doesn't like it'll go ahead and not let you in until you re register.
 
Let's say I install XP on a machine and register it.

Then I change my CPU, motherboard, ram and hard disk boot up and re-register it.

How does it know the difference between that and me installing it on two different machines?
 
Originally posted by danoff
Let's say I install XP on a machine and register it.

Then I change my CPU, motherboard, ram and hard disk boot up and re-register it.

How does it know the difference between that and me installing it on two different machines?
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I Think It Stores Certain Info In The Registry, Like The Hardware Serial #'s And If Too Many Of Them Dont Match It Ask's To ReRegister.
 
I dont have to worry about registering. I've never had to register my copy of XP Pro and yes I did buy it.
 
I Think It Stores Certain Info In The Registry, Like The Hardware Serial #'s And If Too Many Of Them Dont Match It Ask's To ReRegister.
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I understand that, but how does it know the difference between that and having it on two different machines?
 
Originally posted by skip0110
and it crashed at least once a day. I know this was not an issue w/ system hardware, because after getting fed up with XP and switching to Linux, I can get uptimes of over a week.
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I get up times of over a week on XP. I never turn my computer off and only restart it when something makes me, like some installation or change to the configuration.

And are you serious? Opening a folder? How long could it have taken?
 
Originally posted by miata13B
Not true, I beleive old school Dos 5 or 4 is the best : )

but I forgot which version of DOS it was . . .
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You're thinking of 5.0. 4.x was a non-event. 5.0 was the schznit.


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Originally posted by milefile
I get up times of over a week on XP. I never turn my computer off and only restart it when something makes me, like some installation or change to the configuration.

And are you serious? Opening a folder? How long could it have taken?
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I know. That is what most people who have XP tell me. I suppose I just had bad luck, or something was effed under the hood.

Maybe a 3-5 sec wait while nothing happens before a folder opens? (Its really hard to judge times from memory...) I remeber it crashed several times during a disk defrag, so every time I booted it said there were some 10 unreadable sectors on the disk, and these could not be recovered. The last straw was when I was trying to write a longish email of about a page, it crashed with about 4/5 of it written, I said okay, and rewrote abotu 3/4 of it before it crashed again. That was the and of my patience.
 
You don't have to activate Windows XP all the time. Once you activate it the first time, you can back up the file to a floppy and simply overwrite the original when you reinstall XP. And don't worry, this isn't piracy or whatever as it'll only work on the machine it was activated from originally.

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Originally posted by ///M-Spec
You're thinking of 5.0. 4.x was a non-event. 5.0 was the schznit.


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Correct, it has been a long time. . . I think I am going to reload DOS or at least Windows 3.11 so I can play some "Sam and Max Hit the Road" : ) it has been ages :lol: .
 

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