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    Uninstall XP

    MkP, is your C: drive NTFS? I believe that would cause a compatibility error as neither win95 nor win98 will read/access an NTFS formatted drive. Your best bet might be to run FDISK after booting to your win98 boot floppy. This page...
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    Hi-Val 24x10x40 CDRW EIDE -- any good?

    I can't seem to find any reviews of this drive. Do any of you have any experience with or knowledge of this drive? Tx for any & all info.
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    Using remote workstation

    Daren, if I understand correctly, only the host has to be running XP/Pro. XP/Home includes the client side of Remote Desktop (Start / All Programs / Accessories / Communications / Remote Desktop Connection). XP/Pro can be either host or client.
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    Uninstall XP

    You'll have to boot from a floppy to "format c:"
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    Hard Drive questions

    Thanks all for the advice, and thanks bergis for the link. I checked my mobo specs (DFI CA61) and it only supports ATA66, but perhaps that is irrelevant if ATA100 is the standard, and beyond that, I'll probably be upgrading my mobo eventually anyway... And from what you and others have told me...
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    Hard Drive questions

    I'm considering purchasing a new hard drive (IDE). What features should I be looking for? Are there specific brands you would recommend for or against? How significant is the difference between 5400 & 7200 RPM? I guess I'm just looking for some general advice! :) TIA
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    Windows XP, is it worth upgrading?

    http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q282/0/12.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=ram&rnk=11&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WINXP maximum RAM supported by WinXP is 4GB
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    Windows XP, is it worth upgrading?

    I checked with a coworker who is significantly more experienced and knowledgable than I, and he confirmed the 2 points I had made earlier about the CD's being the same with the upgrade and full versions, and that a clean install with the upgrade cd will not copy any files from the previous...
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    Windows XP, is it worth upgrading?

    Thanks for the clarification... I understand now what you are saying. I've never before heard of that happening, hence my misunderstanding. I and several of my coworkers have done any number of clean installs of win98 and win2000 with the "Upgrade" CDs and never encountered this sort...
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    Windows XP, is it worth upgrading?

    Mike, I think perhaps you and I are saying the same thing and just don't realize it. I would never do an upgrade installation from one Windows version to another. I agree wholeheartedly that upgrade installations usually cause more problems than they solve. What I'm saying is that you can use...
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    Windows XP, is it worth upgrading?

    Regarding upgrades, I'm assuming this will be like previous Windows versions and you will be able to do a clean install with the "upgrade" edition of WinXP -- it will at some point in the installation ask you to insert the CD of your earlier version of Windows to verify ownership. So...
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    ICQ & XP don't cooperate?

    Oh, and by the way, I've been using Trillian on XP Home for a couple weeks now and it runs great!
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    ICQ & XP don't cooperate?

    This doesn't directly address your problems, but, depending on how you use ICQ, I would recommend Trillian (www.trillian.cc). It lets you use ICQ, YM, AIM, MSN, & IRC simultaneously. It's more stable than ICQ -- not nearly as flaky. It's also not as bloated. And it's free! However, it doesn't...
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    Low Disk Space Warning - XP?

    http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q285/1/07.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=low%20disk%20space&rnk=1&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WINXP Toward the bottom of the article is the registry entry that needs to be added. You'll need to add it logged in as each separate user of the PC. Seems...
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    Office XP Activation Clarification

    It's been too long of a day to try to decipher a Microsoft EULA, and some preliminary searching didn't yield significant results, so maybe somebody has an answer at their fingertips! I seem to recall reading that one copy of Office XP could be installed and activated simultaneously on a Desktop...
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