What is the structural difference between Win-XP and Win-2000?
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Windows 2000 is network based OS like "Windows NT", while windows xp is general purpose OS
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Both are operating systems, but owned and priced differntly. Windows is a Dos based, Microsoft owned platform. It is most widely used, and it's source code is owned by Microsoft, who keeps upgrading it over time. This is not a free software, and comes on licence to use basis. MS also provides regular support and upgrades. Most developers develop new software to be first compatible with Windows.\nLinux, is a Unix based OS. Unlike Windows, it is not owned by anyone. The source code is free, and freelancers develop it to make it better. Some companies sell a version to cover the support cost, but mostly it is available free to download and install. It has limited product support and upgrade support, but being on Unix, is more safer when it comes to virus attacks etc. More companies are switching to Linux now, for these reasons.
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Windows Vista is Microsofts new full 32-bit architecture operating system. No more hybrid 16/32-bit like 98/2000/ME/XP. It has smoother graphics, a new file system called WinFS, a more perplexed format and layout of the menus. All together it's a whole new ballgame compared to Windows XP. High hardware requirements to run also.
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It's more stable, and you can use all of the old Win 9x software on it. On XP there might be some of the old stuff that won't run. I'm running my old Office 2000 on by XP though.\n\nWin 2k is a little more work to configure, it doesn't do think automatically for you as much as XP, some people think this is a GOOD thing :) it depends on how good you are at doing things for yourself.
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GO to your 'start menu', than click 'run' there you go it should be on that box that shows up all the way on the right.\n\n'this should work for  win 2000/me, xp'
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1- win2003 server interface near to win xp \n2- win2003 server more secure \n3- win2003 server support more network protocol \n4- win2003 server support more new hardware \n5- win2003 server have  more friendly interface\n6- win2003 server have  more friendly interface\n7- win2003 server  more expnsive \n8- win2003 server  requre  more hardware resource\n9- win2003 server  support full .net
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Both XP and 2003 are based on NT technology. If XP is dedicated primarly to pc's, so a general use public, 2003 focuses on servers and mainframes! This is the main difference between them. \nFor example XP doesn't support multiple processors, while 2003 does. Xp supports maxim 4 Gb of RAM, while 2003 supports up to 16 Gb of RAM. The security issues are more advanced in 2003, since it's ment for servers as already mentioned.
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OF course u can! There wont be a single problem with that! But  I dont know whether u can upgrade ur win 2000 or not. I alawys start from the begining.
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Obvious difference is win2k server is much more stable for serving data and applications.  Otherwise XP Pro kicks butt and will have support for more hardware devices.
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Try this site:\nhttp://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/software/windows/dual/index.html\n\nI know your using winxp and not 2000...but it should be useful\n\nor you could get a boot manager here:\n\nhttp://www.osloader.com/
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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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If you really feel compelled to poke around the mummified remains of ancient operating systems, skip the rotting zombie known as Windows Me.  It's the buggiest and least stable of the Windows 9x series.  Windows 98 SE (second edition) is the best of that bunch, but even the original Win98 is less crash-prone  than WinMe.\n\nOf course anything prior to Win2000 is unsupported and can't run many current programs, so I'd recommend XP if your hardware meets the minimum spec.  If your machine is a Pentium II 500Mhz or faster with at least 256mb of RAM, go with XP.
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You need to remove windows 98 from your hard drive *unless* you partition it into at least two drives and install win 2000 on the second one.  You will then have two operating systems on the same hard disk.  You'll be confronted with a choice every time you restart...between running win 98 and win 2000.  If you do not want two operating systems on your hard drive, then you'll need to remove win 98.  Also, to take advantage of the NTFS filing system (as apposed to FAT32) available in win 2000 you'll need to reformat your hard drive.
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If your on Windows 95 or 98, nope its part of your PC. But when Windows Me, 2000 and XP came out MSDOS was scratched but still there. So you really cant get away from MSDOS. Infact if you look at Linux OS, you see its DOS core alot better than that of a Windows OS. Windows XP still has it DOS roots. Windows just makes it pretty for the users to look at. Linux is a bit more indepth.\n/ \n  /root\n  /dev\n  /usr\n  /etc\n  /home\n  /lib\n  /var\nand so on.
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No, not at all.  It is supposed to free up RAM that a program/application didn't release (back to the operating system).  However, these types of applications aren't needed with Windows 2000 or XP.  Now, if you still have any of the 3 versions of Windows 98, then it will work great, and you actually need it.
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Win XP is a bigger operating system, with more features built into it.  It requires more memory to run and also loads more at startup.  In most cases, it is going to be slower than Windows 98.
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No.\nYou may trash your windows xp install if you try to install 2000\n\nYou could however format everything, install 98, then install 2000, then install XP. All on one drive if you want. You just cant install previous operating systems\n\nAlternatively, if you have enough RAM and a copy of Virtual PC or VMware you can install 98 or 2000 as a virtual operating system.\n\nGood luck.