Author: Jerry Jones
Date: 14:40:58 07/14/02
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On July 14, 2002 at 17:28:58, Julian Morley wrote: >On July 14, 2002 at 17:11:18, Jerry Jones wrote: > >>On July 14, 2002 at 15:23:55, Jerry Jones wrote: >> >>>I'm going to order Rebel XP as soon as it's available. >>> >>>Is it possible to install Windows XP , Pro / Office XP or its Service Pack >>>on a computer that has a base memory of 32 Mb and a 433 Mhz CPU and on which >>>currently Win 98 is installed ? >>> >>>JJ >> >>I found the system requirements of XP online and my PC's 32 Mb RAM isn't enough >>to run XP. Apart from chess software I also would like to run the additional >>applications that come with XP such as the file manager/windows explorer but I >>wonder whether they will run on the Win 9x kernel ? >>It would of course be silly to buy XP just because of the file manager. >>Is the XP file manager double-pane like Norton Commander or still single-pane ? >>There is no info on the XP file manager available. >> >>JJ > > > I don't think that the file manager in XP is much better than the one in >Win98. There are some good freeware file managers that are much better than >Microsofts. Here is a good double pane one - > >http://www.netez.com/2xExplorer/ > > Jules Thanks for the tip, but if you replace Explorer.exe by 2xExplorer.exe in System.ini, you have no Start button anymore, so if you exit 2xExplorer.exe, you will have a blank desktop and need to reboot. JJ
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