windows 2000 with xp office on it.

[deb]

Hi my name is Deb! I am trying to find out if i have xp on my computer? It
is run on windows 2000. I have the xp office programs installed on it but it
doesn't bring the xp start up screen when i boot it up. I am wondering if i
should buy xp to reinstalll it so i have all the xp functions to use
properly. It is an old computer. All the help section is on windows 2000 and
is administrator protected buy the origional owner.
Also do i need to update the ram to run xp? The processsor is a x86 family6
model 8 stepping 10 genuine intel and run on windows 2000 professional. Is it
a computer i can upgrade to xp and can anyone help as i am new to this!!!! I
want to use it to study and music,games. It is an intel 1 or 2 i think!!
Thanks Deb

 

[Og]

"deb" <deb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi my name is Deb! I am trying to find out if i have xp on my computer? It
> is run on windows 2000. I have the xp office programs installed on it but
> it
> doesn't bring the xp start up screen when i boot it up. I am wondering if
> i
> should buy xp to reinstalll it so i have all the xp functions to use
> properly. It is an old computer. All the help section is on windows 2000
> and
> is administrator protected buy the origional owner.
> Also do i need to update the ram to run xp? The processsor is a x86
> family6
> model 8 stepping 10 genuine intel and run on windows 2000 professional. Is
> it
> a computer i can upgrade to xp and can anyone help as i am new to this!!!!
> I
> want to use it to study and music,games. It is an intel 1 or 2 i think!!
> Thanks Deb

For starters, run the 'Windows XP Upgrade Advisor'.
Doing so will let you know if your hardware meets the 'minimum' requirements
for Windows XP.

Description of the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307726/en-us

The Windows XP Upgrade Advisor is available at the following Microsoft Web
sites:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/advisor.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/upgrading/advisor.mspx

Steve

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:02:00 -0700, deb
<deb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi my name is Deb! I am trying to find out if i have xp on my computer? It
> is run on windows 2000. I have the xp office programs installed on it but it
> doesn't bring the xp start up screen when i boot it up.


Unfortunately, Microsoft created two very different products (actually
families of products) called "XP," and many people get confused by
this; you're far from the first person to do so.

1. There is Windows XP, which is an operating system.

2. There is Office XP, which is a suite of application programs.

You could run either of these, both of them, or neither of them. In
your case, your operating system is Windows 2000, not Windows XP. But
you run Office XP (Word, Excel, etc.)

So when you boot your computer, it doesn't show you the Windows XP
startup screen because you are not running Windows XP.


> I am wondering if i
> should buy xp to reinstalll it so i have all the xp functions to use
> properly.


Not "reinstall," but simply "install." You can't reinstall what you
don't already have. Why might you want to do this? What Windows XP
functions do you want that you don't have? A change of operating
system should be driven by need, not just because there is a new
version available. Are you having a problem with Windows 2000 that you
expect XP to solve? Do you have or expect to get new hardware or
software that is supported in XP, but not in 200? Is there some new
feature in XP that you need or yearn for? Does your job require you
have skills in XP? Are you a computer hobbyist who enjoys playing with
whatever is newest?

If the answer to one or more of those questions is yes (and your
hardware is adequate for XP), then you should get XP. Otherwise most
people should stick with what they have. There is *always* a learning
curve and a potential for problems when you take a step as big as this
one, regardless of how wonderful whatever you're contemplating moving
to is.


> It is an old computer.


All the more reason not to upgrade the operating system. You would
likely need hardware upgrades too.


> All the help section is on windows 2000 and
> is administrator protected buy the origional owner.
> Also do i need to update the ram to run xp?


You don't say how much you have now, but yes, you probably need to
upgrade the RAM. I wouldn't try to run XP with less than 256MB, and
many people need 512MB.



> The processsor is a x86 family6
> model 8 stepping 10 genuine intel and run on windows 2000 professional. Is it
> a computer i can upgrade to xp and can anyone help as i am new to this!!!! I
> want to use it to study and music,games. It is an intel 1 or 2 i think!!
> Thanks Deb

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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