Upgrading from Win 2000 to XP Pro?

[C. E. Conder]

I find I'm so used to working with XP Pro and, to a lesser extent, Home that the differences between them and Win 2000 are a bit of a pain. I especially like the System Restore option in XP. I use this all the time and have created an icon on my Desktop to make it even easier.

My six questions are; Is it worth upgrading Win 2000 to XP Pro?

The expense of buying XP Pro isn't a factor so don't take that into account. A knowledgeable friend of mine says that Win 2000 is definitely more stable. Is this true? Surely the coding is basically the same at the core?

Is there a way to carry out the System Restore function in Win 2000?

Is USB2 supported in Win 2000 after downloading the avaialble Win Updates?

If I was to upgrade is it the same path as when upgrading from ME or 98SE?

Thanks as always

C.E.C.:

[big9erfan]

I have found that after Sp1 and a lot of the other hotfixes sent out XP has become quite stable.

I recently upgraded my home PC to XP Pro ( from 2k Pro ) and really have no issues at all. I'm quite pleased how easy it went ( minus the one problem where there was an autorun.inf located a C:\ that was causing some odd behavior, but that was another post of mine )

6 months ago I would have said XP is way unstable, today I have found it to be just as reliable as 2k, so much that even I upgraded.

Take that for what it's worth.

[C. E. Conder]

I think what I have is Win 2000 since I see no mention of Win 2000 Pro, is that difference clearly marked? If so, where?

Can you answer my queston on Restore Points?

C.E.C.

[big9erfan]

Right Click on My Computer and go to Properties. It will say if you have Pro or not.

As far as I know, 2k doesn't have a way to do restore points, but also know that I never really looked into that much either.

[C. E. Conder]

Thanks again.