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Karen:
(1) A crash is not a reason for installing a new operating system. A
qualified "repair person" would know this and would have identified the
cause of the crash and corrected it. An unqualified "repair person",
lacking the knowledge and experience to trouble-shoot and repair computer
problems, would have performed a clean install of your original Win98. Your
"repair person", in addition to being unqualified, acted unethically by
selling you an operating system
(2) A Celeron 564 MHz is barely adequate to power Windows XP. An
ethical "repair person" would advise against installing Win XP.
(3) 64MB of RAM memory is far too little for Windows XP needs. A
qualified "repair person" would know this and would have insisted that the
machine have AT LEAST 128MB. An ethical "repair person", after advising
against installing Win XP, would recommend (depending on your computing
habits) 256MB to 512MB.
(4) If your "repair person" represented themselves as a
"professional" and charged you for "service", your "repair person" is
unqualified and unethical. I advise you to take Jetro's advice: fire this
person and get your money back. If, on the other hand, your "repair
person" is a well-meaning friend who provided this service for free, then I
advise you to politely decline future offers of assistance from them.
steve
"Karen" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I had windows XP installed on my computer. It originally
> had windows 98...it crashed and my repair person
> recomended XP. Now my computer just seems to be always so
> slow. I have a Celeron processor. Is this too slow for
> XP? Should I go back to win 98? It is now a celeron 564
> w/64.0 MB of Ram.