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To: cfimx who wrote (44833)	8/30/2001 9:57:07 PM
From: Charles Tutt	of 64865

Microsoft was kind enough to send me a complimentary copy of W2K some time ago. Once I got it installed (not easy) I encountered a BSOD within a few days. During the process I discovered that the level of support for my "supported" (Matrox) video board was very different on W2K from what it was on Win95 and Win98. The new drivers were what I would call skeletal compared with the pretty full-featured drivers I was used to. As I recall, some of my software wasn't supported and would not install. I will be the first to admit that I didn't try this on a new machine -- I tried to put it on what I had (and succeeded +/- on the second machine I tried). So if you get it factory installed, and all your software is current, your experience might be completely different. I believe W2K is based on what was once called NT. Perhaps I have been imprecise in distinguishing the two. Who knows what the "current" release is? ME? XP? W2K? It seems like whenever one isn't selling, they rename it. JMHO. Charles Tutt (TM)

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