Disadvantages, if any, of Windows 2000

[bazooka]

but I don't know why anybody would go through the crap of registering XP every time they make a major change.

You are mistaken.

You only register once and that is when you first install. If you have the corporate edition, you do not have to register at all.

Activation is different and is not the pain that you perceive it to be. It can be done online and is really quick.

Actually, this is what I wrote...

I'm probably going to offend a lot of people but I don't
know why anybody would go through the crap of registering XP
every time they make a major change. I realize that gamers
probably need XP to run their modern games, but it seems like
a pain to keep calling Uncle Bill for his permission.

I put all of that in one paragraph because it belongs together.

I stand corrected, and should have said activation.

That being said, I don't want to call Uncle Bill when I
make changes to my PC. Just like I wouldn't want to
call Chrysler when I put new tires on my car!

Also, I've read people's gripes about having problems
registering/activating their XP.

I apologize if my post was a bit vague. The point of my
paragragh in question is this...

Windows 2000 is perfect for me/us, so I don't need to move
up to XP. The other reason I won't upgrade is because I'm not
going to have my crotch squeezed when I build or make changes
to my PCs. Millions of people are under that spell but that's just not
for me.

Hopefully I cleared up the point of my post.

No problem



Everyone has their own preferences.

[ChrisX]

Yes or no on this?

Yes

Not every device or hardware can work on WinXP as some don’t have driver available for it to fix and to work.

I say most drivers would work on WinXP and not all though.

Three years ago you have to be lucky for driver suited for WinXP.

Some device drivers were only designed for Win98 or WinME at the time.

Some would have to be downloaded for Win2K and for WinXP not all can be successful.

On WinXP, I experienced a video card that wouldn't work on capturing and ok as for monitor display and also my laser printer would only work to Win2000 and this the latest OS.

Not even Microsoft’s drivers can always solve driver compatibility on WinXP either.

Fortunately, my Win2K PC network printer does work as demanded on a WinXP laptop even though not digitally signed.

That's why I say 'Yes' or 'No' as some would work or some don't work on WinXP.

I also say driver compatibility should be much better now on new equipment and for new PC peripheral devices on the market for WinXP.

WinXP isn’t perfect either as just like Win2K and there are still issues and some bugs too.

Anyway, WinXP SP2 did fix a lot of things and much better now.

ChrisX

[ChrisX]

Windows 2000 is perfect for me/us, so I don't need to move up to XP. The other reason I won't upgrade is because I'm not
going to have my crotch squeezed when I build or make changes
to my PCs. Millions of people are under that spell but that's just not
for me.

Me too and my networked 3 PCs are all on Win2K and I have no plans to upgrade or to change. Why should I do it?

It is working well and as wonderful and why does it need to fix for Bill Gates?

I'll be getting a new PC in the future and this when I move up to WinXP then.

ChrisX

[winifreid]

Well, I just ordered 2000 pro non-upgrade for $59.50. I hope I will be happy. Since I have 3 drives, I will just install 2000 on a seprate drive and change the boot via bios (not really a biggy). Can any of you suggest a good site for how to set up 2000? For example, is it best to put the swap file on a seperate partition.....? Stuff like that. I sure hope that all my hardware will work. Also, what are the real downsides of using fat 32. I know about the 4 gig limit, but I have found that that really is only a problem wth authoring form avi to mpeg. I don't really mind the little blip when I play the dvd. But I assume fat32 results in more file errors after system locks. But since 2000 is more stable, this shouldn't hpappen often. The only reason I can think of to keep fat32 is so that when I boot into 98, I can read the 2000 disk.
Ideas? Thanks.

[budz]

http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/Install2kPro/install2kpro1.htm

here's a guide for installing windows 2000 pro. you can take a look the guide and see if it fits your need. i've used that site on tweaking xp pro.

[Phantom Of The Opera]

Well, I just ordered 2000 pro non-upgrade for $59.50.

Where did you order this from? Just curious.

[bazooka]

Well, I just ordered 2000 pro non-upgrade for $59.50.

Where did you order this from? Just curious.

You can find it on ebay for about that price.

[winifreid]

Found it on ebay. Had to be patient. Thanks budz.

[winifreid]

I believe the disk I ordered is SP3. Are any of you using SP4? It appears that it improves performance on a few things, but is mostly security fixes. Is it a good idea? I have dialup, so don't want to download a huge file if I don't have to. Any suggestions on the fat32 ntfs quandry?

[bazooka]

I believe the disk I ordered is SP3. Are any of you using SP4? It appears that it improves performance on a few things, but is mostly security fixes. Is it a good idea? I have dialup, so don't want to download a huge file if I don't have to. Any suggestions on the fat32 ntfs quandry?

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[winifreid]

Thanks, I just wanted to know how important it is. I know many people had problems with XP SP2 and have not installed it.

[bazooka]

Thanks, I just wanted to know how important it is.

I would say from a security aspect that it is a necessary install.

I know many people had problems with XP SP2 and have not installed it.

They are too lazy to look for program upgrades.

[budz]

I have SP4 on my Windows 2000 pro pc's and have no problems with it. SP4 came with the original Windows 2000 pro cd.

[winifreid]

Man, I was just looking at my program folder. I think I have nearly a 100 programs on my 98 system. I know I probably don't need half, but 50 programs is still a helluva lot to install. I wish I could just copy everything over.

[ChrisX]

I have SP4 on my Windows 2000 pro pc's and have no problems with it. SP4 came with the original Windows 2000 pro cd.

winifreid -

I don't have any problem with Win2K SP4 at all and my original Win2K disc includes SP2.

I downloaded a complete standalone file of SP4 and this one took me 7 hours on dialup.

This is only half the size of WinXP SP2 complete standalone file.

If 7 hrs as too long a time for you; it can be download from ‘Windows Update’ in a shorter time.

I strongly recommended upgrading for stability and security.

ChrisX

[ChrisX]

Man, I was just looking at my program folder. I think I have nearly a 100 programs on my 98 system. I know I probably don't need half, but 50 programs is still a helluva lot to install. I wish I could just copy everything over.

You don't have install everything as I don't do all this myself on a newly installed OS.

Installing everything would take too long for you.

Just install what you need as most likely to use and important.

I don't have too many programs installed, mostly on Microsoft software and perhaps only half dozen 3rd party software in the system.

Good Luck.

ChrisX

[winifreid]

Thanks Chris. I will probably end up spending weeks installing all my favorite programs. I sure hope it is worth it. I love how my 98 system is setup. All the little plugins and tweaks, but it crashes about 3 times a week. I hope I can get 2000 to work the way I want. I would still like to know about the fat32 ntfs issue. Also, why doesn't this thread appear on the homepage recent post list???

[winifreid]

I was just looking at a site about ntfs which indicated that fat 32 was faster for small volumes and ntfs for large. Anybody know what large means? Forty gig...?

[winifreid]

I found several websites dealing with ntfs advantages. One indicated that fat 32 was only faster on partitions less that 500 meg, another said the advantages was lost after 8 GB. Don't know hwich is right, but they are both smaller than anything I have.

[Zisguy1]

Thanks Chris. I will probably end up spending weeks installing all my favorite programs. I sure hope it is worth it. I love how my 98 system is setup. All the little plugins and tweaks, but it crashes about 3 times a week. I hope I can get 2000 to work the way I want.

Personally, I found Win2k easier to set up & tweak than Win98. No worries... unless you're very unlucky it should be a breeze. A few new things to learn (like services ,and user profiles/groups) but it's all very intuitive and easy to figure out.

The only possible disadvantage I can think of with Win2k is it isn't as good at autodetecting hardware changes, so you have to be more careful with drivers & such (it's possible to accidentally get yourself into an unbootable state, and sometimes tricky to fix things).