Many people are having problems with XP, also it dont support many Windows formats , pleased if any one desires to upgrade to XP you find out all about what it dont do first. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: <IsaiahHarrison@cs.com> To: <RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 10:03 PM Subject: RE: Re: [RW-Help] Windows XP > "Norma F. Jennings" <njennings@lisco.net> wrote: > > >Carmen, the Computer Shopper had a recent article on Windows XP (Bill and Alice's column). Bill had difficulty with XP and > >ended up having to buy some new cards and equipment. Also, it conflicted with Netscape. Another little shenanigan pulled by > >Microsoft to monopolize the market. Can't remember all the details but I ended up with a negative view of XP. > > > >ME has been an improvement for me, but here, too, I had to reinstall several programs from other companies. Wordperfect, > >Netscape and Omnipage. ME tried to convert me to an all Microsoft environment but I was able to work around it without > >having to upgrade any equipment or software. If you can handle the idiosyncrasies of Microsoft's dominance, you would be > >okay, otherwise proceed with caution with XP. > > > >Norma Jennings > > > > > I had no problems at all switching from win95 to WinMe. Dick Eastman did a piece about XP in his newsletter a couple weeks ago and and was very positive. You might look that up at Ancestry. > > -Richard > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB