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Microsoft eases switch to XP
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| February 25, 2003
Posted on 02/25/2003 8:13:03 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
Microsoft eases switch to XP
CNET News.com
February 25, 2003, 4:57 AM PT
URL: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-985825.html
Microsoft, hoping to drive greater adoption of its Windows XP operating system, will on Tuesday unveil a new central Web site with revamped tools to help IT administrators make the switch.
The new Desktop Center site includes an updated version of the Windows XP Application Compatibility Toolkit, a set of tools Microsoft devised to assess whether current applications of businesses will work under Windows XP Professional, Microsoft's latest operating system for corporate customers.
Rogers Weed, corporate vice president of Windows product management at Microsoft, said the tool usually helps IT administrators determine that they need to make minimal changes to their existing software roster to run XP.
"A lot of people don't realize that XP is significantly more compatible (with existing applications)," Weed said. "In general, organizations will find 95 percent or more of their apps are fine."
The Desktop Center site also has multiple tools for dealing with the 5 percent of applications that don't make the cut. "We find there are some generic fixes that can address a broad class of the problems we see, and there are tools in the kit to help apply those," Weed said.
Paul DeGroot, an analyst for research firm Directions on Microsoft, said software compatibility has been a minor issue in the tepid pace of corporate adoption of Windows XP.
"XP runs a lot of stuff that Windows 2000 didn't," he said. "There are particular applications you come across where compatibility is an issue, but I don't think it's a show-stopper for Windows XP."
Hardware compatibility has been much more of a factor, DeGroot said. Windows XP requires significantly more memory and other resources than Windows 2000, and many businesses are trying to stretch PC upgrades they made three years ago in anticipation of Y2K. "Large customers hate to go and shake things up on the desktop," he said. "If people are working fine with Windows 2000, they're going to leave them be," said DeGroot.
The Desktop Center site also includes a new version of Microsoft's Baseline Security Analyzer, a tool that checks corporate desktops for the presence of current software updates and patches and for configuration errors that could pose risks.
"We keep investing in tools and information to help customers with deployment," Weed said. "We feel really good about the business case for upgrading to Windows XP, and we want to give customers tools that help them see those advantages."
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: microsoft; operatingsystem; xp
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To: steve50; ShadowAce
Re #9 & #16: Thanks, folks ! I'm not familiar with Linux, though I've heard of it. I SHOULD have known HD = hard drive.
Sheesh ! lol ...
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:00:33 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye SADdam. You're soon to meet your buddy Stalin in Hades.)
To: Campion
See my post #40.
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:02:55 AM PST
by
Billy_bob_bob
("He who will not reason is a bigot;He who cannot is a fool;He who dares not is a slave." W. Drummond)
Comment #63 Removed by Moderator
To: Publius6961
Thank you for sharing. You bet.
What's it like working at MS anyway?
LOL ! That's funny, but I don't work for Microsoft. I found this article through a Google News Search ...
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:05:18 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye SADdam. You're soon to meet your buddy Stalin in Hades.)
To: Gorzaloon; All
While it might be a good replacement for Win98XP sucks...doesn't remember default folder settings, and I'm not convinced it isn't LOADED with Spyware!!
65
posted on
02/25/2003 10:06:48 AM PST
by
Lael
("C'mon, George, lets NOT get wobbly in the legs" - Margaret Thatcher to George the First!)
To: Sofa King
I understand. They are making patches for those things that don't work right. I was told that some things might not work, but so far, everything I've loaded works fine. All my old hardware (and I mean OLD - such as the Panasonic monitor from 1991 and my HP 4L Laser printer from 1993) included. I DID get a refurbished 17" Dell monitor for it just because I wanted another one. (The old 13" was still working fine).
Just conveying my own personal experience. I am NOT very technically oriented or experienced. Most of what I know about using a computer has been on my own and from other individuals. And I don't work for Microsoft as has been suggested here on this thread ...
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:17:16 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye SADdam. You're soon to meet your buddy Stalin in Hades.)
To: Quilla
The replies to you so far are FAR more help than I could ever offer ...
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:21:23 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye SADdam. You're soon to meet your buddy Stalin in Hades.)
To: Lael
I have a Compaq laptop(mistake #1) with XP Home(mistake #2)--affectionately known as XP Crap edition.
Lappy is PIII 1.1 Ghz cpu, 512M ram and the performance is awful, but it is probably because I have loaded it up with a bunch of useless software.
My old Dell Precision with dual PII 450s, 512M ram has XP Pro and is rock solid and has much better performance than the lappy. I only have to reboot when I do the blasted updates. Otherwise, I just let it run 24/7.
I have Zone Alarm and don't let the boxes phone home to big cheese in MS land. Spy-Bot is also a good tool, I haven't tried the Ad-Aware on the Dell.
To: jammer
Your link is to, basically, an advertising overview--why should I use XP, etc. I am sure the compatibility center is buried in the sludge, but could you please link that URL? Or is it obvious and I'm just missing it? I think I see what you're talking about. Here is the link to the article:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-985820.html
Is that what you needed? Let me know if not, and thanks ...
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:31:04 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye SADdam. You're soon to meet your buddy Stalin in Hades.)
To: NolanVoid
lol ...
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:32:34 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye SADdam. You're soon to meet your buddy Stalin in Hades.)
To: PatriotGames
^KD
To: Quilla
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:41:14 AM PST
by
buffer
To: MeeknMing
I have been struggling with my dilemma for days now and was so thankful to see this thread. I knew the sharp folks at FR could help me out but I couldn't bring myself to post a vanity (the horrors!). Free Republic and Freepers have no equal! Thanks to all who've shared their knowledge.
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:42:37 AM PST
by
Quilla
To: MeeknMing
MUCH better than WIndows 98, imho ... XP doesn't suck. Some complain about bloat compared to Win2k, but XP includes all the multimedia goodies.
However, XP may be the last Microsoft product without Palladium (Big Brother Inside). As soon as I don't have control over every bit in MY computer, Microsoft gets the heave-ho.
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:54:01 AM PST
by
eno_
To: Quilla
Try running www.pcpitstop.com, very good at finding problems with XP and helping to repair them.
To: AdA$tra
Hmmmm. Just copied and ran your run command and then received this error message: Error unregistering the OCX 16442.
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posted on
02/25/2003 11:01:11 AM PST
by
Quilla
To: eno_
Check your time settings/properties, it is being update by a microsoft time server.
FRegards.
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posted on
02/25/2003 11:01:36 AM PST
by
buffer
To: steve50
XP certainly has not been LESS troublesome than the earlier MS conglomerations.
How has Linux gone for you?
I have a good Linux box collecting dust in my bedroom. My XP is on my new dual CPU 1.6GigHz motherboard with a RAID C DRIVE (DUAL 80 GIG HD'S), 1 GIGABYTE of HARDWARE RAM and 2 added 80 gig HD's etc.
I hate all the transition learning curve stuff and have a variety of educational and other software geared to XP. It would not be an easy transition.
I suppose I could get a Y connector somehow and hook both boxes up to the wireless broadband net connection and play with it. Just haven't quite motivated myself to do it I guess.
But MS's support and problems related to XP-P are horrendous in my experience. I've virtually given up.
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posted on
02/25/2003 11:03:51 AM PST
by
Quix
(HOW MANY WANT ON AN "END TIMES PING LIST" PLEASE LET ME KNOW)
To: Quilla
Have you defragged the hard disk? Is the swap file on a dedicated partition? Are you setting the NTFS allocation size to a value no smaller than 1024? I've made these standard practices for years on NT boxes. They run fast for years. The Diskeeper products from Executive Software are very effective.
I've retired all but one Windows 98 machine around the house. Windows 98 has a memory leak in the kernel that MS has chosen not to fix. All the machines that I use to develop software are Windows 2000. My kids run XP Home. I picked that for better compatibility with their gaming products and fewer sysadmin headaches for me.
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posted on
02/25/2003 11:04:58 AM PST
by
Myrddin
To: Quilla
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posted on
02/25/2003 11:07:02 AM PST
by
buffer
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