Windows XP pro upgrade: ridiculously horrible

mbpark · 01-24-2002, 05:04 PM

I upgraded XP from 2000 here on a ThinkPad 770X (PII-300, 128MB RAM at time, 8 GB HD, Xircom Ethernet/Modem) and it went OK. Even Mediamatics DVD Express worked.

However, there were many issues with COM object registration, seeing how everything critical is a COM object in XP, and how there were a lot of internal dependencies that just sucked ass.

Gradually, the system degraded into a mess and I had to reformat the HD.

Plus, the IE used in XP/2K/NT and the one in 9X/Me are actually two different executables, each with their own suite of COM objects and own version of WININET.DLL (the main networking DLL for all happy TCP/IP functions in 9X/Me).

Since half the OS is based off of Internet Explorer DLL's, you're going to have some problems

.

Bottom Line: NEVER upgrade a Win 9X system to XP or 2000. You will pay for it later. It will hate you.

If you don't want to format the HD, install XP into C:\WINNT51. After all, that is what it is!

Mitch

01-24-2002, 05:04 PM	#5
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	I only upgraded XP from 2000 here I upgraded XP from 2000 here on a ThinkPad 770X (PII-300, 128MB RAM at time, 8 GB HD, Xircom Ethernet/Modem) and it went OK. Even Mediamatics DVD Express worked. However, there were many issues with COM object registration, seeing how everything critical is a COM object in XP, and how there were a lot of internal dependencies that just sucked ass. Gradually, the system degraded into a mess and I had to reformat the HD. Plus, the IE used in XP/2K/NT and the one in 9X/Me are actually two different executables, each with their own suite of COM objects and own version of WININET.DLL (the main networking DLL for all happy TCP/IP functions in 9X/Me). Since half the OS is based off of Internet Explorer DLL's, you're going to have some problems . Bottom Line: NEVER upgrade a Win 9X system to XP or 2000. You will pay for it later. It will hate you. If you don't want to format the HD, install XP into C:\WINNT51. After all, that is what it is! Mitch

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