Pentium2 processor

[Jason]

Its actually PII 233 or higher. but it depends on the
RAM also.
The freezing may be caused by a different issue. Is this
an upgrade or clean install? How old is the computer?
what is the OS you are upgrading over, if it is an
upgrade?


>-----Original Message-----
>we are tring to load windows xp professional into a
>computer with a pentium2 processor but part way through
>the installation the computer would freeze. Is this
>operating system compatible with a pentium2 processor?
>.
>

[Harry Ohrn]

I've installed XP on a P-200 mmx with 64MB of RAM - Compaq Deskpro 2000
with BIOS dated 1997 - and while the system runs slow it is not bad if you
turn the eye candy off and use it for basic word-processing, websurfing and
e-mail. Not a game machine that's for certain. Having said that I would not
install XP as a production machine. I mention this only because it is
possible to install XP on systems that are lower than the basic system specs
however you certainly can't make much use of the power of the OS.
--

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Jason" > wrote in message
...
> Its actually PII 233 or higher. but it depends on the
> RAM also.
> The freezing may be caused by a different issue. Is this
> an upgrade or clean install? How old is the computer?
> what is the OS you are upgrading over, if it is an
> upgrade?
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >we are tring to load windows xp professional into a
> >computer with a pentium2 processor but part way through
> >the installation the computer would freeze. Is this
> >operating system compatible with a pentium2 processor?
> >.
> >

[Harry Ohrn]

I've installed XP on a P-200 mmx with 64MB of RAM - Compaq Deskpro 2000
with BIOS dated 1997 - and while the system runs slow it is not bad if you
turn the eye candy off and use it for basic word-processing, websurfing and
e-mail. Not a game machine that's for certain. Having said that I would not
install XP as a production machine. I mention this only because it is
possible to install XP on systems that are lower than the basic system specs
however you certainly can't make much use of the power of the OS.
--

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Jason" > wrote in message
...
> Its actually PII 233 or higher. but it depends on the
> RAM also.
> The freezing may be caused by a different issue. Is this
> an upgrade or clean install? How old is the computer?
> what is the OS you are upgrading over, if it is an
> upgrade?
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >we are tring to load windows xp professional into a
> >computer with a pentium2 processor but part way through
> >the installation the computer would freeze. Is this
> >operating system compatible with a pentium2 processor?
> >.
> >

[Jim Macklin]

AS cheap as RAM is today, running 256 MB (most mobo will
support that much) will make the OS run much better. And
with only 64 MB RAM you'd need a very big pagefile, maybe
500 MB. And then you need a bigger hard drive...


"Harry Ohrn" > wrote in message
...
| I've installed XP on a P-200 mmx with 64MB of RAM -
Compaq Deskpro 2000
| with BIOS dated 1997 - and while the system runs slow it
is not bad if you
| turn the eye candy off and use it for basic
word-processing, websurfing and
| e-mail. Not a game machine that's for certain. Having said
that I would not
| install XP as a production machine. I mention this only
because it is
| possible to install XP on systems that are lower than the
basic system specs
| however you certainly can't make much use of the power of
the OS.
| --
|
| Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
| www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
|
|
| "Jason" > wrote in message
| ...
| > Its actually PII 233 or higher. but it depends on the
| > RAM also.
| > The freezing may be caused by a different issue. Is
this
| > an upgrade or clean install? How old is the computer?
| > what is the OS you are upgrading over, if it is an
| > upgrade?
| >
| >
| > >-----Original Message-----
| > >we are tring to load windows xp professional into a
| > >computer with a pentium2 processor but part way through
| > >the installation the computer would freeze. Is this
| > >operating system compatible with a pentium2 processor?
| > >.
| > >
|
|

[Jim Macklin]

AS cheap as RAM is today, running 256 MB (most mobo will
support that much) will make the OS run much better. And
with only 64 MB RAM you'd need a very big pagefile, maybe
500 MB. And then you need a bigger hard drive...


"Harry Ohrn" > wrote in message
...
| I've installed XP on a P-200 mmx with 64MB of RAM -
Compaq Deskpro 2000
| with BIOS dated 1997 - and while the system runs slow it
is not bad if you
| turn the eye candy off and use it for basic
word-processing, websurfing and
| e-mail. Not a game machine that's for certain. Having said
that I would not
| install XP as a production machine. I mention this only
because it is
| possible to install XP on systems that are lower than the
basic system specs
| however you certainly can't make much use of the power of
the OS.
| --
|
| Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
| www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
|
|
| "Jason" > wrote in message
| ...
| > Its actually PII 233 or higher. but it depends on the
| > RAM also.
| > The freezing may be caused by a different issue. Is
this
| > an upgrade or clean install? How old is the computer?
| > what is the OS you are upgrading over, if it is an
| > upgrade?
| >
| >
| > >-----Original Message-----
| > >we are tring to load windows xp professional into a
| > >computer with a pentium2 processor but part way through
| > >the installation the computer would freeze. Is this
| > >operating system compatible with a pentium2 processor?
| > >.
| > >
|
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