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I need to upgrade 25 computers in my office. Most are running Win98, some 98SE, and 2 are on NT Workstation 4.0. We are on a Novell network and use Outlook for email. Should I wait for XP or upgrade to 2000 now? I hate the idea of getting a 1.0 version of an OS in my corporate environment.

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no exchange server? that makes it a little easier – but outlook has so many improvements that it’s hard to recommend 2000 over xp.

anwhy not get a demo of office xp and try it for yourself? see if you need the new features.. then decide. the demo versions need activated and only work on one computer – for 25 you shoud get a volume license and avoid activation.

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Thanks for the information. Can you tell me more about getting the demo version? You mean get the current beta? And I could get a volume license for the beta?! Amazing. Do I just contact MSoft for more info?

I have an NT Server 4.0, but I’ll probably upgrade that next year. It’s just a file and Internet app server. We access our Exchange Server via our larger City network. Not planning to touch that, though I do need to be able to network with it.

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if you are conecting with exchange sever and use a second mail account, you might like outlook 2002 better. however – if it’s exchange 2000, you can get free upgrades of outlook 2002. (ask the admin)

http://www.microsoft.com/office/evaluation/default.htm it’s the final code, not beta but can’t be upgraded using VL.

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I’m not interested in Office XP, just Windows XP.

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For a prerelease copy of Windows XP go to Windows

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
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oops – can we guess who is doing three things at once this morning?

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I checked out the web page, and it seems to say that only peer-to-peer networking is enabled. All my computers run on a Novell network, and I don’t have an “extra” I can use just for testing. It doesn’t sound like the Preview program download option would work for me. Am I interpreting the Preview program features/limitations correctly?

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You would need the Pro version, as far as I know it is a choice when you sign up for it.

I cut this from a sub page at the MS page that I listed above.
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For networking:

Network adapter appropriate for the type of local-area, wide-area, wireless, or home network you wish to connect to, and access to an appropriate network infrastructure; access to third-party networks may require additional charges
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I have been testing using a P2P network, but the wizard always defaults to a Domain type of settings. I would also check with Novell for any info that they can give you about using Windows XP Pro with your network..

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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Are you talking about upgrading the OS or Office?
I got the impression you were talking about the OS, but the thread got side-tracked into discussing Office.

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I thought it was clear due to the fact that this is the Windows XP forum, but some are confused. I’m talking about the OS, not Office. I can’t ever foresee the need to upgrade Office 2000.

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I have been using XP Pro RC1 recently on a 233MHz P3 machine with 64M RAM. While its not the quickest, its certainly good enough to cope with “ordinary” users if there are such beings. Todays crop of 800MHz + machines with 128M RAM should fairly breeze along.

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