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Subject: Re: Getting ready for Rebel XP (OT)

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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