Yes. You'll need to call in to "authorize" it, though...
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18 years ago
Re: XP
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18 years ago
Wow... that would be tough... You'd need to get SP2 and all the other tweak installs and updates on disk...
Can you install XP Pro on a machine WITHOUT a web connection?
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18 years ago
Yes. You'll need to call in to "authorize" it, though...
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18 years ago
Don:
See if you can find a copy of Win2K. It's a lot more stable than Win98 and it doesn't require all that authorization stuff.
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18 years ago
Ditto Bob's comment...
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18 years ago
Everything runs better on W2K than 98... trust me But, for $5, you can get a network card for the P3 and just use your existing network...cheaper and better than dial up. Also, you can download the SP2 service pack and burn it to a CD.
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18 years ago
I've done it. I know I didn't get XP until this apartment. I've never had net in this apartment. You will at some point need to telephone them, iirc.
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18 years ago
Of the upgrade stuff, what's important? There's some mobile networking and lots of internet security. Is there anything that _matters_ for what Don might be doing with the machine? I don't know, I don't really pay attention. If he doesn't have it on the net he won't care about the critical net security patches.
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18 years ago
Because of this
Do not do this.
That stuff is much more stable on XP. And if it DOES break you don't have to be rebooting.
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18 years ago
Yeah that's true but it is worth getting SP2 on it because a lot of SP2 is non net related stuff like help files, wizards, printing/scanning and other fixes. But like someone said, he could burn SP2 to disk and run/install it that way.
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18 years ago
OK, hence my asking.