Bah its wonderful i'm happy with Home Version and Pro and Even Whistler Advanced Server Beta 2 is great.
TO run old Applications on XP you need to right click the EXE file and go into compatibility mode and then set 98/ME, or 2000 or nt 4.0 And you should have no problems. Even with Pro version games run good i only had 1 old game i had to have run in compatibility mode. SOME Old printers and scanners you will have to replace with new ones since old drivers might not work (Try old win2000 drivers if available) And than you should be set Bill Wheatley Director of Development Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer AEPS INC Allaire ColdFusion Consulting Partner www.aeps.com www.aeps2000.com 954-472-6684 X303 ICQ: 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 1:38 PM Subject: RE: Windows XP: What is it? > > Okay, I have to admit it. I ignore most of the new > > products that come out of the Microsoft camp. ( I'll > > get a new OS when I get a new computer ). > > > > Now, I'm actually researching buying a new computer. Is > > Windows XP a consumer-based product (I.E. Windows 95/98/Me) > > or a Server based product (Windows NT / 2000 ) ? Or does > > it fall into both categories? > > To answer this simply, both and neither > > XP is based on 2000 technology (thus NT technology), but it doesn't run > all of the software that runs on 95/98/Me... > > It's made to look "pretty" for the consumers, but it's not really for > home game use > > Oh, and a lot of 2000 software needs upgrading as well... > > > As long as I can run my developer version of SQL Server and > > use some of the non-Win98 features of the CF Server (Such as > > CFGraph) > > I'll be happy. > > If you want a decent development environment, use 2000! > > Philip Arnold > Technical Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 > F: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > > An ISO9001 registered company. > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > ********************************************************************** > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
