Change xp back to Millenium

altvic · 10-02-2005, 11:18 AM

One of my kid's comps (500 mhz) is too slow with the XP I put on and even slower with the updates (v2 etc etc). I was thinking of going back to Millenium or Win 2000. What do people think and how do I change back? I've had a bash but doesn't seem easy.

Dropkickmurphys · 10-02-2005, 12:06 PM

windows 2000 would be the better option of those two

altvic · 10-02-2005, 01:09 PM

Thanks for advice. I've started formatting and I'll let you know how I get on.

altvic

Shambree · 10-02-2005, 01:13 PM

It sounds like you dont have enough RAM to me.How much RAM do you have?

vortmax · 10-02-2005, 05:02 PM

yea....I have a 500 mhz K6 box that I used to run XP on without a hitch. You really need 512 mg ram at a bare minimum tho. You'd be surprised how much processor throughput is chewed up with the stupid paging file

Also fyi.....my laptop with winxp pro clocks itself down to 500 mhz most of the time and it runs like a champ. I started out with 256 mb of ram and upped it to a full gig. It runs blazing fast now. I personally think ram upgrades are more noticable in terms of speed, then processor upgrades

Southy · 10-02-2005, 09:05 PM

Windows ME sucks. I would rather put on Win 98 or Win 2000 if my computer wasnt compatible enough for XP. I think most people that have had experience with Win ME would agree too.

ckfordy · 10-02-2005, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Southy

Windows ME sucks. I would rather put on Win 98 or Win 2000 if my computer wasnt compatible enough for XP. I think most people that have had experience with Win ME would agree too.

i would rather put windows 3.1 on a computer than windows me.
my dad had windows me and he had nothing but problems and he uprgrade to xp and it runs good but now everything is slow he has a 1.7 ghz pentium 4 and is computer is messed up. its nice that i have a faster computer than he does

Xycron · 10-03-2005, 01:01 AM

Window's 3.1 is actully quite good, connects to the internet, can look at webpages, e-mail word processing, basicly is can do everythign a new machine can, except play new games, and most viruses are compatible with it! I still run windows 3.1 on a machine with a AMD duron 1.2Ghz and 265SDRAM fast little bugger/

10-02-2005, 11:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
altvic Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Holywell North Wales Posts: 81	Change xp back to Millenium One of my kid's comps (500 mhz) is too slow with the XP I put on and even slower with the updates (v2 etc etc). I was thinking of going back to Millenium or Win 2000. What do people think and how do I change back? I've had a bash but doesn't seem easy.

10-02-2005, 12:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dropkickmurphys Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Worthing, UK (Uni at Kent) Age: 19 Posts: 1,971	windows 2000 would be the better option of those two __________________ Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz (OC @ 2.9GHz) Gigabyte P35C-DS3R motherboard 2GB 6400 DDR240 RAM 512Mb Geforce 8600GT OC'd (Hoping for a 9800GT soon) 500GB Seagate 7,500RPM HDD Lite-on 20x DVD+RW OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU CoolerMaster Black Centurian 534 Case Samsung 19" 1440x900 SyncMaster 940BW monitor / Samsung 19" 1440x900 TV Dual Booting: Windows XP Proffessional SP2 / Windows Vista Business SP1

10-02-2005, 05:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
vortmax Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 26 Posts: 619	yea....I have a 500 mhz K6 box that I used to run XP on without a hitch. You really need 512 mg ram at a bare minimum tho. You'd be surprised how much processor throughput is chewed up with the stupid paging file Also fyi.....my laptop with winxp pro clocks itself down to 500 mhz most of the time and it runs like a champ. I started out with 256 mb of ram and upped it to a full gig. It runs blazing fast now. I personally think ram upgrades are more noticable in terms of speed, then processor upgrades __________________ Asus A7N8x delux Nforce 2 AMD Athlon 2800+ (barton core) 512 meg Corsair DDR 400 Gainward G-force FX 5200 Dell 6000i Intel Pentium M 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 64MB HyperMemory 1 gig DDR2 PC2-3200 Music server: AMD K6 500 MHz 128 Meg RAM Onkyo HT-R520 Reciever 6.1 DTS ES & Dolby Digital EX Last edited by vortmax; 10-02-2005 at 05:06 PM.

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10-02-2005, 01:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
altvic Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Holywell North Wales Posts: 81	Thanks for advice. I've started formatting and I'll let you know how I get on. altvic

10-02-2005, 01:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Shambree Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sydney Australia Age: 20 Posts: 172	It sounds like you dont have enough RAM to me.How much RAM do you have?

10-02-2005, 09:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Southy Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 233	Windows ME sucks. I would rather put on Win 98 or Win 2000 if my computer wasnt compatible enough for XP. I think most people that have had experience with Win ME would agree too.

10-03-2005, 01:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	Window's 3.1 is actully quite good, connects to the internet, can look at webpages, e-mail word processing, basicly is can do everythign a new machine can, except play new games, and most viruses are compatible with it! I still run windows 3.1 on a machine with a AMD duron 1.2Ghz and 265SDRAM fast little bugger/