Me or XP?

Should I upgrade to XP when I get my new HDD? I'm fairly
happy with ME but XP is much more colorful... but is it
better? I hear that there are more virus' and attacks
made against XP, is this true? If so, should I be worried
about it?

Thanks for any help

David
Wed Nov 12 14:48:50 CST 2003

By the end of Dec 2004 WinME will be a DEAD product thus bring a close to the Win9x/ME
family.

Go with Win2K or WinXP.

Dave



"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01f201c3a95c$d3826790$a501280a@phx.gbl...
| Should I upgrade to XP when I get my new HDD? I'm fairly
| happy with ME but XP is much more colorful... but is it
| better? I hear that there are more virus' and attacks
| made against XP, is this true? If so, should I be worried
| about it?
|
| Thanks for any help

siljaline
Wed Nov 12 14:52:28 CST 2003


"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Should I upgrade to XP when I get my new HDD? I'm fairly
> happy with ME but XP is much more colorful... but is it
> better? I hear that there are more virus' and attacks
> made against XP, is this true? If so, should I be worried
> about it?
>
> Thanks for any help


http://aumha.org/a/whichwin.php

HTH

--
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so that we can all benefit)

SaltPeter
Thu Nov 13 09:18:46 CST 2003

"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01f201c3a95c$d3826790$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Should I upgrade to XP when I get my new HDD? I'm fairly
> happy with ME but XP is much more colorful... but is it
> better?

This depends on your hardware compatibility and how comfortable you are
around NT based operating systems. If it's not broke, don't fix it. Is WinXP
better? yes, it's light years ahead but the hardware recommended is not the
same as WinME.

>I hear that there are more virus' and attacks
> made against XP, is this true? If so, should I be worried
> about it?

Not really, i virus writter will always target a current OS in order to
infect by volume. In the case of WinXP, using the OS with an account other
than the local administrator will both prevent the virus infection issue in
most cases and present a whole new way to operate the OS.

The admin account is any account in WinME, not so with XP. This may be an
environment in which you might not be comfortable with. Then there is XP Pro
and XP Home difference to consider.

Bottom line is try it before using it, research the differences. Basing that
decision on a bunch of colours won't make you more productive. If you do
decide to change, don't upgrade, backup + perform a clean install.

>
> Thanks for any help

Dave
Fri Nov 14 01:46:58 CST 2003

Thanks Salty (and others). So let me get this straight...
I can run XP in 2 ways... as an Admin, where my system is
safe from virus' and such as long as I'm using it as an
end user as well. If my system became infected I could
log on as an Admin and use my safe environment to
uninstall the virus...? I like the sounds of that.
Thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:01f201c3a95c$d3826790$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Should I upgrade to XP when I get my new HDD? I'm
fairly
>> happy with ME but XP is much more colorful... but is it
>> better?
>
>This depends on your hardware compatibility and how
comfortable you are
>around NT based operating systems. If it's not broke,
don't fix it. Is WinXP
>better? yes, it's light years ahead but the hardware
recommended is not the
>same as WinME.
>
>>I hear that there are more virus' and attacks
>> made against XP, is this true? If so, should I be
worried
>> about it?
>
>Not really, i virus writter will always target a current
OS in order to
>infect by volume. In the case of WinXP, using the OS with
an account other
>than the local administrator will both prevent the virus
infection issue in
>most cases and present a whole new way to operate the OS.
>
>The admin account is any account in WinME, not so with
XP. This may be an
>environment in which you might not be comfortable with.
Then there is XP Pro
>and XP Home difference to consider.
>
>Bottom line is try it before using it, research the
differences. Basing that
>decision on a bunch of colours won't make you more
productive. If you do
>decide to change, don't upgrade, backup + perform a clean
install.
>
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>
>
>.
>

SaltPeter
Fri Nov 14 22:59:21 CST 2003

"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:094f01c3aa83$7b2dc260$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks Salty (and others). So let me get this straight...
> I can run XP in 2 ways... as an Admin, where my system is
> safe from virus' and such as long as I'm using it as an
> end user as well. If my system became infected I could
> log on as an Admin and use my safe environment to
> uninstall the virus...? I like the sounds of that.
> Thanks

Running the system as admin is dangerous. Since the admin is the interactive
login, any application that runs with the interactive logon's elevated
privileges places the system in danger. You missunderstood what i was trying
to say.

Operate system as an ordinary user, use "run as..." to execute only the
specified application with the alternative admin credentials.

>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:01f201c3a95c$d3826790$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Should I upgrade to XP when I get my new HDD? I'm
> fairly
> >> happy with ME but XP is much more colorful... but is it
> >> better?
> >
> >This depends on your hardware compatibility and how
> comfortable you are
> >around NT based operating systems. If it's not broke,
> don't fix it. Is WinXP
> >better? yes, it's light years ahead but the hardware
> recommended is not the
> >same as WinME.
> >
> >>I hear that there are more virus' and attacks
> >> made against XP, is this true? If so, should I be
> worried
> >> about it?
> >
> >Not really, i virus writter will always target a current
> OS in order to
> >infect by volume. In the case of WinXP, using the OS with
> an account other
> >than the local administrator will both prevent the virus
> infection issue in
> >most cases and present a whole new way to operate the OS.
> >
> >The admin account is any account in WinME, not so with
> XP. This may be an
> >environment in which you might not be comfortable with.
> Then there is XP Pro
> >and XP Home difference to consider.
> >
> >Bottom line is try it before using it, research the
> differences. Basing that
> >decision on a bunch of colours won't make you more
> productive. If you do
> >decide to change, don't upgrade, backup + perform a clean
> install.
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help
> >
> >
> >.
> >