Subj : pro
To   : Ross Cassell
From : Barry Davis Jr
Date : Wed Nov 21 2001 08:36 am

RE: pro
BY: Ross Cassell to JOHNNY BOWEN on Wed Nov 21 2001 08:50:31

 > Hello JOHNNY!
 > 
 > 20 Nov 01 14:09, you wrote to ALL:
 > 
 >  JB> Is w2kpro better than wxp?
 > 
 > Depends on what you want, need, use or do.
 > 
 > The USER interface in XP is a helluva lot better, the taskbar and systray ar
 > far more organized, the start menu is to.
 > 
 > There are alot more "wizards" in XP to allow you to configure a number of
 > things, XP also comes with System Restore, which is a feature they introduce
 > in Windows ME, but System Restore is much like Roxio's GOBACK utility, where
 > if something stops working or gets corrupted you can roll back to an earlier
 > point in time.. I have used that feature once and was pleased. The key to
 > system restore is to create a manual restore point before you plan on doing 
 > changes, system restore does create restore points daily, but when I used it
 > had to use a restore point that was from that morning, therefore minor confi
 > changes I made to my email client were undone, which was no big deal.
 > 
 > The version of Windows Media Player that comes with XP is nice..
 > 
 > -But-
 > 
 > If you have 3 PC's and one copy of Win2k, you can use that one copy of Win2k
 > install it on those 3 PC's, technically not legal but nothing to stop you.
 > 
 > If you have 3 PC's and one copy of XP, you can only install that one copy on
 > one PC, because of the Windows Product Activation.
 > 
 > Rather than me tell you more about WPA, do a search on the WEB for Windows
 > Product Activation, you can hear the pro's and cons, I suggest you give all
 > spins a fair hearing.
 > 
 > -My Setup-
 > 
 > I have XP Pro on this machine and I have Windows 2000 Pro SP2 on another, bo
 > networked together.
 > 
 > I have both machines mounting shares as local drives...
 > 
 > Ergo on Windows 2000 Box:
 > 
 > Its Drive D is Drive L on XP Box
 > Its Drive E Is Drive M on XP box
 > 
 > On XP Pro Box:
 > 
 > Its Drive D Is Drive J on 2K box
 > Its DRive G Is Drive K on 2k Box
 > 
 > If I have to reboot the 2k box for any reason, its shares going both ways
 > remount automatically.
 > 
 > If I have to reboot the XP box for any reason, the drives it shares with 2K 
 > stay mounted or remount ok on 2K box, but the drives the 2K box shares with 
 > show up, but dont automatically "re-connect", I have to goto my computer and
 > click on the icons to force the reconnect.. Its annoying..
 > 
 > XP has a built in firewall, its effective on keeping the outside out, but if
 > you get a trojan, its useless.
 > 
 > Overall I am not displeased, the user interface is by far the biggest
 > improvement, but if W2k is handling everything ok for you, you wont shortcha
 > yourself. Also take note that if you do migrate to XP, from W2k you _cannot_
 > migrate to the _home edition_ of XP, it has to be XP pro. Furthermore upgrad
 > to XP from Win2k cannot be undone by simply going to the add/remove programs
 > function like one could if they upgraded from 98/98se/me. If you are unsure,
 > get Drive Image or Norton Ghost and make images of your 2k setup first!
 > 
 > Of my setup, the only thing I noticed that was broke when I went from W2K to
 > pro, was ALLFIX Universal, there is something in the runtime libraries used 
 > Allfix Universal that doesnt like XP, ALLFIX DOS works w/o issue.
 > 
 > I have heard reports that Synchronet and BBBS/NT may not work under XP?
 > 
 > ==
 > Ross
 > http://www.easternstar.info
 > recassell@charter.net, ross@the-estar.com, ross@easternstar.info
 > ICQ = 5305939
 > ... The R12 Peacock, As Dumb As A Turkey.

Running XP Pro here with SBBS with no probs at all
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