Scooter wrote:
I've to this old Win2000 machine that I would like to installed XP. Specs are below. Is there anything here that would prevent XP from running on it?
Also, can XP be installed where there's a menu to switch back to 2000 when booting? I keep this computer before I have a proprietary program that runs on 2000 but not on XP or later versions.
Thanks in advance!
Scott
[System Summary]
OS Name
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Version
- 5.0.2195 Service Pack 4 Build 2195
System Manufacturer
- AWARD_
System Model
- AWRDACPI
System Type
- X86-based PC
Processor
- x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1198 Mhz
BIOS Version
- Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Total Physical Memory
- 2,080,240 KB
Available Physical Memory
- 1,443,680 KB
Total Virtual Memory
- 4,539,632 KB
Available Virtual Memory
- 3,237,196 KB
Page File Space
- 2,459,392 KB
Yes, that'll work.
You need an available partition, to install WinXP for multiboot.
The installer will put two lines in the boot.ini of the Win2K C:.
And it's those two lines that show up in the boot menu at startup.
You need hardware drivers for WinXP, from the web site of your
motherboard maker.
If you're on dialup, you can take a copy of Wsusoffline 9.2.1
to the public library with you, and have it transfer all the
MS security patches for WinXP, to a USB flash drive. Then,
take that USB flash drive home, and the Wsusoffline installer
will install all of them. That will be a start at getting
patched up to date. Some important patches though, will
be missing (WannaCrypt SMB1 patch?).
You should prepare an IE8 standalone installed file for
your new WinXP. Sometimes you need that because the
IE6 might not work properly for things like activation
or the first Windows Update run. I've had to install
IE8 early after OS installation, to take care of tiny
details like that.
The best WinXP install CD, is WinXP SP3. That's because
you can skip the license key entry and "test" the OS for
30 days, before entering the key and activating. The SP2
CD insists on the license key right away, and is less
flexible.
You box is not strong enough for Vista, Win7, Win8, Win10.
You have enough RAM to run a modern version of Linux,
but depending on the video card, there might not be
a driver easily available in a distro for you.
I have a single core AMD processor on my Win7 laptop,
it has a faster CPU clock than yours, and it's slow.
I can't recommend going much slower on CPU clock with
that OS. Installing just a printer support package for
my Canon inkjet, dragged that OS to its knees. A single
core AMD is no match for modern OS bloat. WinXP is about
as far as you can go.
*******
In practical terms:
1) Mozilla made their last WinXP version of Firefox. It
might be 52 ESR.
2) The Seamonkey browser made its last WinXP just recently.
3) Google Chrome made its last WinXP browser close to
two years ago.
We're running out of browsers. Now we might be down
to Palemoon or something.
The TLS 1.3 standard for https is not finalized yet. There
are draft implementations in some browsers. If the web switches
to TLS 1.3 for https (eventually), there is a danger a
WinXP user won't have a browser that works with it.
What moving to WinXP would buy you, is the ability to
play a few more DirectX9c games that you cannot play
currently on Win2K (because DirectX does an OS
version check). If you thought the move to WinXP
would "solve my web browser problems... forever",
well, no it won't. They will soon find a way to
ruin your web browsing experience. Wait and see.
Paul (this message typed on a WinXP SP3 PC, dual core...)
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