Karen: Don't get discouraged, all the programs that worked on Win98 and I installed on XP Home are now working correctly. I have also installed Office 2000 Professional (not XP) and it works like a charm. Make sure that you get the optical cordless mouse and you will never have to worry about sticky rollers again, the Logitech mouse that I use will work from 6 feet away, great for surfing the net while relaxing. XP has compatibility settings that you need to tweak, once you do that, you should be OK. PC Magazine had a write up on this a few months ago, you can do a search on the Ziff Davis archives. Javier
Javier Valencia, PE President Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. 14315 S. Twilight Ln., Suite #14 Olathe, KS 66062-4571 (913)829-0888 (913)649-2904 FAX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of tellef Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 8:35 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off Top - XP BITES - resolved >Home is the one I have heard nothing but complaints about. Pro is >actually the first MS operating system I have liked. Except for that >fact that a 2 Gig boot drive is not big enough. I have Pro. The thing that sucks is that so far little of the software or hardware that was working on my Win98 machine is working on my XP machine. Finally got my ZIP drive to work after downloading new Iomegaware (it actually worked, but an Iomega menu would come up when I booted up but it was blank so I could not disable the menu. Tried taking it out with MSConfig and it locked my computer up). My PCAnywhere won't install, my Compuserve won't install, WinFax won't install, LapLink won't install (that's why I needed the ZIP drive to transfer files). I haven't tried Office 97 yet, but I expect that won't work either? Alot of people here seem happy with XP Pro. Did you not have to install Win98 software? I wonder if I'm going to spend as much on software upgrades as I did on the computer! >PS2 to USB adapters are >expensive, you are better off buying a new external mouse and keyboard. I >use a cordless, optical mouse (Logitech) and I like it a lot, you can also >buy it as part of a set that includes the keyboard. I do miss the Serial >port though, as I have used this port to interface with testing equipment >for the last 15 years. Best of luck and enjoy XP. Thanks for that heads up, Javier. I see yet more $$$ I have to spend. I was shocked to see no PS2 port and thought -- need to buy PS2/USB adapters! I think I may go your route, buy one USB keyboard and a wireless mouse. I suppose I have to be real sure I get a wireless mouse that I know will interface with my Toshiba? I don't use my serial port, luckily, so I guess I won't miss that. Luckily this laptop has 3 USB ports. Karen
