Will Windows Xp Work With This Machine??

here is my system specs: Motherboard:Tekram P6PRO-A+ VIA Apollo Pro133 ATX Bios date: 2000/3/29 V1. 04 from OS: Windows 2000 Professional sp2 + srp1 + 16 pre-sp3 fixes CPU: Pentium III 700E MMX SSE Memory: 1x128mb pc-100 1x256mb pc-133 384mb pc-100 sdram 168pin total Graphics Card: Visiontek Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 T.

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here is my system specs:
 
Motherboard:Tekram P6PRO-A+ VIA Apollo Pro133 ATX
 
Bios date: 2000/3/29 V1.04 from www.tekram.com.tw
 
OS: Windows 2000 Professional sp2 + srp1 + 16 pre-sp3 fixes
 
CPU: Pentium III 700E MMX SSE
 
Memory: 1x128mb pc-100 1x256mb pc-133 384mb pc-100 sdram 168pin total
 
Graphics Card: Visiontek Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 T.V/s-video out 64mb
Driver Version: Visiontek 23.11
 
Monitor: Relisys RE772 Res at: 1280*1024*16
 
Hard drive: Western Digtel 40gb ata 66 7200 rpm
 
CD-Rom: Samung 32x
 
CD-RW: LG 4x4x24x
 
Speakers: PRO-168-3D
 
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster PCI Driver Version: 5.12.1.2045
 
Game Controller: Gravis PC GamePad
 
Keyboard: Samsung 104 Win98 Keyboard
 
Mouse: Genius EasyMouse+
 
Modem: GVC 56.6k PCI V.90 Model: PM560LH
 
plz reply back

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Should work fine. Only thing I see that may cause trouble is that mobo chipset....and that crappy CDR. But if 2000 runs well for ya then XP should....theoretically.

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You should be allright since you're running win2k now. The boards chipset might be a problem, like DosFreak said but don't expect much bigger problems than the ones you have in win2k with it.
Also do NOT try to upgrade from win2k to XP, it's usually a bad choise.The system is always better with a clean install, unless you really can't be asked to do that.
 
P.S. If i understood well from your Name in the forums, you are a game fan, so that's good news for you: Installing XP will give you a significant boost in multimedia apps (mainly games)-just hope that Nvidia has made some good work with the drivers.

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NOT try to upgrade from win2k to XP, it's usually a bad choise.The system is always better with a clean install, unless you really can't be asked to do that.

I upgraded 2 Win2k comps to XP Pro, works great, haven't had any issues.

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augh -- the PIII-700 will be more than adequate. I'm running XP Pro just fine on a Celeron-466 w/320meg ram. On a ABit VA-6...
 
you will have no problems with speed. I've done many an upgrade from 2000 pro without a problem.
 
Cheers.

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i'm going to dual boot win2k/winxp home just to make sure everything works !

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I upgraded 2 Win2k comps to XP Pro, works great, haven't had any issues.

Didn't say that it isn't going to wirk or it's a bad idea.All i am saying is that clean install is far better for system speed(a bit obvious i think).Now if you have lots of programs installed and can't be asked to backup and reinstall every single program again, then obviously upgrade is the solution.
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errr..not trying to start anything but..first "it's usually a bad choise" then "Didn't say that it isn't going to wirk or it's a bad idea
anyways, just pointing out that it's not a bad choice, especially if you already have your 2k setup the way you want and don't feel like reinstalling everything or losing any of your settings. As for speedwise i see not difference actually. b'sides 2k-xp isn't really much of a difference kernel wise whereas a 98-2k or 98-xp i would definetly do a clean install

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If I can run it fine on the pc of my GF that is a P2 300@378 with 128mb of PC66 ram (at 83Mhz) then...