Author: Julian Morley
Date: 15:26:12 07/14/02
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On July 14, 2002 at 17:40:58, Jerry Jones wrote:
>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.
I didn't know you wanted to replace your existing explorer shell. I don't
think 2xexplorer will do this and is just meant to be started from a shortcut
such as a desktop icon.
Jules
>
>JJ
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