New Question from New XP (NT environ) User....

[Traderg02 0]

:x With over 300 Positive Feedback on eBay, one would expect, when a deal seems too good to be true - it usually is.... Still, I could hardly pass up an 800MHZ, 32MG Video w/3d Excel, 20 Gig HD, 128MG RAM, 50XCD ROM, 2 USB Ports, Paral Printer Port, Serial Port, 4 Expansion Bays etc., for $75.00 plus SH - GREAT System - save the expansion headaches:

Had license for WIN 95B w/WIN 98 SE Upgrade - but software only wanted to recognize 64 MG RAM??!? Eventually, formatted and secured license to XP - a friend of mine who has always used NT setup my system w/this environment - more headaches - the "one" program - I know it seems "trite" that I really enjoyed playing - enjoyed the building and sims antics - Sim Golf - is evidently compat. w/XP but not NT.... OK plan B

 

Have seen game called Golf Resort Tycoon - by Activision - seems close to ole Sim Golf - before I take another plunge - into what I fondly refer to this machine "My Headache...." WILL IT WORK on THIS SYSTEM?

[AndyFair 0]

Are you saying you've installed NT or XP?

If you've installed NT, don't expect any games to run on it without having to do a lot of tweaking. NT wasn't designed to run games, you can't use a (decent) version of DirectX without having to hack it to bits.

 

XP will run like a dog on a system of this spec, if you're determined to use an NT class OS, you're better off trying Win2k instead - you can still upgrade your DirectX version, and games have a better chance of running.

 

Rgds

AndyF

[Traderg02 0]

Thanks for info! Not knowing that much about either operating system - and - uncertain about how the XP was setup - other than from what I was told.... ;(

 

Is their such a thing - then - as XP in NT environment or did I misinterpret my friend's communication of how he felt about XP - being a combo of NT/2000/ME ???? :x Life seemed so much simpler when DOS ruled the airwaves....

[ViolentGreen 0]

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Thanks for info! Not knowing that much about either operating system - and - uncertain about how the XP was setup - other than from what I was told.... ;(

Is their such a thing - then - as XP in NT environment or did I misinterpret my friend's communication of how he felt about XP - being a combo of NT/2000/ME ???? :x Life seemed so much simpler when DOS ruled the airwaves....

Perhaps he means XP on a NTFS file system?

[duhmez 0]

i must disagree here.

 

Xp runs great on 800 Mhz machine. (provided you give it enough ram)

give it 384 or more MB ram then it will run great.

 

Also tweak the services out too.

 

blackviper.com i believe has the best guide for which services you can set to manual.

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

yes -= if u want to run XP u need min 256mb of ram - Xp alone usually afer a clean install uses from 80-115mb of ram just to run and sit idle. - u can however kill many service and take it down to about 50mb.

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

Alsp

 

Xp is not a mix of NT/2000/ME

 

Me is a 9x klernal - XP runs only on the NT kernal - good by 9x!

 

 

 

XP is based on 2k which is based on NT - ME does not even come into the situation - unless you look into the idea of the Hom eversions - which has no ME components except they tried to make it user friendly like the 9x series but it has the back end of NT.