I have windows 2000 and you want to know what I have to do to update my program

I have a computer which was given to me which had not been used for awhile and has windows 2000 and I need to upgrade and do not know what to do help

On Tuesday, February 1, 2011 15:31:25 + 0000, madonna41935 wrote:

I have a computer which was given to me which had not been used for awhile and has windows 2000 and I need to upgrade and do not know what to do help

First of all, in my opinion, this operating system is already installed
No matter, for the following reason:

If I bought a used computer, no matter who previously owned, the first thing I have with it would be to reinstall the operating system itself. You don't know how the computer has been maintained,
which has been improperly installed, what's missing, what virus and
There may be spyware, etc. I would not live with someone of another errors and problems, possibility of kiddy p0rn, etc, and I would not recommend anyone else to do.
If you reinstall Windows properly, you are playing with fire.

Second, you must decide which version of Windows you want to
install. Although you didn't, because you posted in Windows XP
Forum, is that what you want to install XP? If Yes, let me point out that
Windows XP has been interrupted, and find a copy for sale is now
very difficult, except for a place like eBay. and if you buy it on
eBay, you run the risk that you will get a pirated copy
you will not be able to activate.

Third, you must determine what that the hardware configuration of the
the machine and determine whether it is adequate for any version
Windows you want to install. An old machine like a race
Windows 2000 is most likely insufficient for any version of
Windows.

And fourth, you may need drivers for some of the material in the
machine for the version of Windows Installer. And with such an old
machine, there is a good chance that there's no such thing as the drivers you need.

What all this boils down to is the real possibility that you
actually can't do anything with this machine without replacing the
the majority of its material. And they can be economic to something
do; you could save money and be better off buying a new machine that
by doing this.

Ken Blake (MS-MVP)

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