Re: 2nd Request: HP NetServer LC II and Windows XP Pro

Maybe you hit the wrong key previously, Ben, and your response went
into the bit bucket. Anyway, thanks for the informative reply. I
will do some soul searching with my client over the matter and see
what he wants to do. Client is a small church. They only want to
have a "server" to save files to for shared access by other members of
the church administration. The NetServer was donated by a church
member, but it came without an OS. I think I have a source of a PIII
at 500MHz with WinXP that can be donated. That machine should fill
the bill OK. Thanks, again, Ben.
--
Bob



On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 03:48:23 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net
(Ben Myers) wrote:

>I thought I responded to the first request, but I must have been imagining.
>
>The processor at either 266 or 300 MHz is a little slow for running Windows XP
>Pro. If you can find a 333MHz processor, that would improve things.
>
>You would need to replace the built-in graphics on the motherboard by installing
>a PCI graphics card supported by Windows. The built-in graphics probably has a
>Cirrus Logic chip and 1MB. There are no XP drivers for any Cirrus chips.
>
>Max memory is 512MB, consisting of pretty hard to find HP-branded EDO DIMMs, ECC
>I think. I would recommend the max.
>
>The other chipsets on the motherboard are pretty standard and should be
>supported by XP.
>
>Still, I think that the possibility of your client being satisfied with XP Pro
>running on the LC II is pretty slim. XP Pro is too much of a pig for older and
>slower computers. Windows 2000 might be a better choice. It is far less
>bloated... Ben Myers
>
>On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:16:02 -0700, Bob Felton <bob123.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>>First request posted 7/20/05.
>>
>>A client has acquired a used HP NetServer LC II and would like to run
>>Windows XP Professional on it. Will WinXP Pro run on this machine?
>>
>>Tnx es 73!

.

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