TinyXP

[skyfirewoman]

Can I do a clean install of WinXp Home onto a pc that has win98se, pentium 2, 64mb of ram.

I want to set up a computer for the little one`s.

I have dsl and wired router so we can share internet connection.

The idea is to get them onto internet to play kids interactive games.

I can download movies and add them to shared files folder so they can watch movies on there PC.

[bledd]

you'd be better off using windows 2000 with such little ram, that will struggle on that too mind..

i'd bump the ram up to 256 mb

[jaclaz]

The specs seem low for XP, see links in this post:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...49409&st=23

128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)

Though people did manage to boot XP with such low RAM amount, see this:

http://www.winhistory.de/more/386/xpmini_eng.htm

having 256 Mb of it is what I personally judge the minimum to have a decent system response.

You'd better re-install a 98, if you take your time looking around the board, there are lots of updates for it and should work allright for the intended use.

jaclaz

[Ponch]

pentium 2, 64mb of ram

I can download movies and add them to shared files folder so they can watch movies on there PC.

Depending on the file format of the movies and the clock of your PII, you might also get dificulties for that task.

[puntoMX]

Depending on the file format of the movies and the clock of your PII, you might also get dificulties for that task.

Indeed, under the 400-450MHz you could forget to watch DiVX or XViD, let alone H264...

[nitroshift]

I'm with jaclaz on this one. 64MB of RAM is too little for XP and even for 2000. You either bump up the RAM as puntoMX suggested or stick to 98.