What's the difference between operating system update and O.S upgrade?
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Pretty good question! Haven't thought of that before!\n\nI think an update is a certain piece of information that is plugged into the operating system. It settles minor problems and bugs that originated when the product was first released.\n\nAn upgrade, on the other hand, is a totally new release of the operating system. When the updates become to much to handle, they are all integrated into a new version of the program, and the whole program is sold all over again.\n\nNormally, you can purchase the program with an upgrade, but not with an update. You are more likely to get an upgrade for a certian program in a computer shop than an update.\n\nI think the major difference is the size. An update is to small to be sold as a different part of the program, but small enough to be downloaded (in most cases). An upgrade is a collection of updates, which makes it more worthwhile to sell in a shop.\n\nHope that helped...
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Normally the only updates you really need are "Critical Updates". So update manually and only choose Critical Updates to download.\n\nLook for "AutoPatcher". It is a collection of all patches for XP, 2000, or 2003. And gives you the option to do install or not whatever you like.\n\nI have two Win XPs installed on my PC. One with full patches and an antivirus installed, which obviously is slow, and I use for normal works including web browsing. Another one without any of these junks, which is so fast, and I use for my serious off-line tasks (it is a MiniXP installation).
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I came to this Q&A late, so you probably have already\ndone the upgrade, but I'll make a couple of comments\nanyway.\n\nFirst, if you have multiple machines supporting an app\nserver, I presume that they're all running both the same\nrelease of the OS as well as the same patches (in order\nto get consistent results regardless of which machine\nprovides the service).  Given that assumption (ie. system\nshared objects are the same), I can't see any point to\nthe suggestion that you must use statically compiled\nbinaries.\n\nI think the other advice is really to the point, because\nit is those little details (like updating environments,\ndocumentation, the "pkgadd" database, or other small\npieces of state information) that could cause you\nheadaches later on. If the upgrade really is strictly\nlimited to modifying one directory, then sure, you can do\nit as you suggest.\n\nI'm curious, though, about your comment about\n"downtime".  If your machines supporting the app server\nare replicated, then it doesn't seem like there would be\n*any* downtime if you took them offline (one at a time)\nfor upgrades.  Isn't that part of the designed-in beauty of\nusing multiple machines?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_operating_systems
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Those should already be the defaults, so you\nshouldn't have to do anything.\n\nBy the way, that OS is somewhere in the ballpark\nof 15 years old.  I'm somewhat surprised to be\nseeing questions about it :-)  It might be worth\npointing out that the current release of Solaris\nas well as the compilers (including Fortran) are\navailable for free if you wish to upgrade.
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I seriously doubt I'll upgrade to Vista. From what I've read so far it's no big improvement and (you better sit down for this) if your system crashes you will not be able to re-install VISTA. You'll have to buy a new copy to install. I can't say how how accurate that info is but I think it's worth mentioning just in case. I'm migrating over to Linux.
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You should be able to check by doing the following:\n\nGo to the help menu. There should be a choice called something like "Check for Updates." Select it and it should tell you if there is a newer version and how to get it if there is one.
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Did you start with a new O/S install after the upgrade? You need to advise the exact model number to have this question answered beyond looking at support.hp.com
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These sites still have the updates and patches for 2000 operating system...\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.mspx\nAs far as ME you're outta luck using Microsoft...\n\nEnd of support for Windows 98 and Windows Me\nEffective July 11, 2006, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me (and their related components) will transition to a non-supported status. After this date, Microsoft will no longer provide any incident support options or security updates. Microsoft is not offering a custom support agreement for these products.\n\nSo, what you need to do for OS(s) 98 & ME is go to this site...\nhttp://www.techspot.com/tweaks/updates/
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You can use sysinstall > upgrade option, to upgrade using ftp, http or cd-rom. It is not just easy but quite fast also. Always backup data before upgrading system.
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You can't upgrade Windows for free and Microsoft's built a lot of anti-piracy controls into their software now. Basically your computer contacts Microsoft's servers every so often to identify itself and it's a lot easier for them to spot people with invalid licenses. So unless you want to keep your computer disconnected from the Internet all the time, you should go the legal route and pay for the upgrade.
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there is no 'the' difference.\n\nthey are so dis-similar, one could spend a number of years cateloggin their differences.....\n\nI want a million dollars !      it's good to want.\n\nwe both have a similar chance of getting what we want, via this forum.\n\nluck !\n\n\ndude...those links will just be defining them, not listing their differences....\n\nOMG...Greeney that's wrong.\n\nDOS was around LONG before there was windows.  IT DOES NOT need windows to operate. It CAN run under windows, BUT windows 1,2, and 3 needed DOS under THEM to run.\nLOL
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Also, when you're installing Windows OSs to dual boot with each other you have to start with the previous version first and install subsequent versions afterwards.  For some reason Windows doesn't like to do it any other way, but if you do it that way you'll get the usual choice menu at startup.
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You have to specify the OS you are using and its exact version
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not really sure but first off are u running updated software on an old operating system if so id say most of the new software is made for XP
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Go to the MS site and run an eval to see if your sysytem will work.\nSite also has instructions for the upgrade actions.
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your getting lost in the details---just boot from xp and follow to the upgrade-- they are assuming everyone is as dumb as me.... sorry-lol