March 7th 04, 03:01 PM
ebpagehttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgr
ading/sysreqs.asp
Basically your pc is to slow and old. Yes it does meet the
basic bare requirements but if you can get it to install
on your system your gonna be more then a little frustrated
at the performance(which will be slower then a snail
because almost all of your resources will be used just to
run windows not the tasks your trying to use).
Best thing to do if you want your mother to have windows
xp is go buy a new machine.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, I've attempted to install XP home on my mothers PC
but have come across
>a couple of glitches. The PC has a Cyrix 6x86MX
Processor, 233MHz & 96 MB of
>ram with a Socket 7 motherboard. Not Much I know but with
a 8gig HD it did
>install XP. PC had previously ran Win98 since 1999. At
first all seemed ok
>except no sound or modem.
>
>In System/Hardware/Device Manager I get the following:
>-CMI8330/C3D Audio Adapter (Code28)
>Drivers not installed
>(I get the above x4)
>
>-Motorola SM56 Speakerphone Modem (Code 10)
>Drivers cannot start
>
>All the original driver discs are for Win95/98/NT. One of
which is the
>Systemboard disc containing PC CHillin 98. I recently
upgraded my PC's
>motherboard and was supplied with same disc however the
2002 edition.
>
>Not looking for the computer to do wonders as Mum will
only use it to surf
>web and print out pics. Any advice would be welcome.
>
>Regards,
>Rod
>
>
>.
>
ading/sysreqs.asp
Basically your pc is to slow and old. Yes it does meet the
basic bare requirements but if you can get it to install
on your system your gonna be more then a little frustrated
at the performance(which will be slower then a snail
because almost all of your resources will be used just to
run windows not the tasks your trying to use).
Best thing to do if you want your mother to have windows
xp is go buy a new machine.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, I've attempted to install XP home on my mothers PC
but have come across
>a couple of glitches. The PC has a Cyrix 6x86MX
Processor, 233MHz & 96 MB of
>ram with a Socket 7 motherboard. Not Much I know but with
a 8gig HD it did
>install XP. PC had previously ran Win98 since 1999. At
first all seemed ok
>except no sound or modem.
>
>In System/Hardware/Device Manager I get the following:
>-CMI8330/C3D Audio Adapter (Code28)
>Drivers not installed
>(I get the above x4)
>
>-Motorola SM56 Speakerphone Modem (Code 10)
>Drivers cannot start
>
>All the original driver discs are for Win95/98/NT. One of
which is the
>Systemboard disc containing PC CHillin 98. I recently
upgraded my PC's
>motherboard and was supplied with same disc however the
2002 edition.
>
>Not looking for the computer to do wonders as Mum will
only use it to surf
>web and print out pics. Any advice would be welcome.
>
>Regards,
>Rod
>
>
>.
>