townsbg,
I have been searching for a legal Win/2000 disk in case this project don't work out!
I'm not satisfied with the laptop but it will have to do until i get a good copy so close out this post until i can find a legal copy of windows w2000 or xp.
Sorry for taking up your time. and thank you for your help.
Glen401

If you aren't sure if it will work for you maybe I can help. Really there are two things you need to worry about:
1) Can you get appropriate drivers for XP and yes you can. The page is confusing but look for the most recent versions of each type and you should be good to go. I would go ahead and d-load them all and back them up (as well as the rest of your files) to somewhere other than the drive that XP will go to like an external drive.
2) Can your system handle XP. XP's requirements aren't nearly as much as Vista and it isn't much higher than 2000 but you still need to look at that. If you tell me your system specs I can tell you whether or not you should get acceptable performance with XP on your system. I will need to know what kind of processor you have and how fast it is, how much memory (RAM) that you have, how large your hard drive is, & what you do most on your computer.

It'll really help if you do and post the DAL Hardware scan of your system. I can understand your apprehension and your concerns. Stuff like this can really make some non-computer people nervous so it isn't something you have to do. There are some advantages to doing so. XP is still supported by MS where as 2000 isn't, today's software is more compliant to it, & I believe that it is much better than 2K.

As for closing the thread only the moderators and the administrator can do that.

townsbg,
i was concerned with the windows product keys i have because they have been used one is on the PC that i just change over the other is on my daughters PC.that is the reason i was search for
a legal copy. now sense I'm thinking about it I mite have one,I have an old Dell that isn't working. will the product key from it work ? If so I will get the info. off of the laptop so you can check it out.

Probably not. You can always buy a copy in stores. or from newegg They are still selling them. What about your system specs?

Just to add a few points. Win 2K disks are going for about $100 these days. Just a couple examples:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (OEM)

Buy cheap discount Windows 2000 Pro OEM Full Version at Royal Discount

The minimum requirements for XP are not too different from 2K but the recommended requirements are somewhat higher.

System requirements for Windows XP operating systems

As to changing systems and keys:

Using a previously used key will most likely trigger a demand for a personal phone call to Microsoft.

You will explain to them what you are doing and they will remove the key from one computer and transfer it to another.

This probably only applies to retail versions. Microsoft has no control over Dell disks or keys.

Dell bought the keys from Microsoft and I doubt Dell is going to transfer for you.

Let us know if we can help further.

townsbg
Dell Latitude D610 model ppo1L
System: Microsoft windows 2000
5.00.2195
Service Pack 4
Registered to:user
none
51873-OME-0005216-52043
computer:
Intel(R)Pentium(R)lll Mobile
CPU 1000 MHz
AT/AT compatible
130,428 KB RAM
HI Jephree

Your processor is decent for XP and should be fine for basic stuff like emailing, web browsing, word processing, and some older games. Newer more intensive games or heavy video editing will give you some problems. The first time I ran XP it was on a pentium 3 at 450 mhz which is less than half the speed of yours.

Your problem is the RAM. I know that the recommended amount is only 128 MB which is about what you have however my parent's last computer had only 256 MB and it drove them nuts. I wouldn't run XP on a machine with less than 384 MB of ram and preferably 512 MBs or more. If you could upgrade your RAM you should be able to put XP on it, provided you can get a legal serial, unfortunately I couldn't find system specs for your model so I can't tell you how much your model will hold. What about your hard drive?

jephree
ok, Thanks

jephree
I found this under system iformation/ this is not a D610 it's a C610 and it has almost 10GB


OS Name Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Version 5.0.2195 Service Pack 4 Build 2195
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DELL
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model Latitude C610
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~730 Mhz
BIOS Version Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A16
Windows Directory C:\WINNT
System Directory C:\WINNT\system32
Boot Device \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Locale United States
User Name DELL\Administrator
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 130,428 KB
Available Physical Memory 53,644 KB
Total Virtual Memory 437,244 KB
Available Virtual Memory 226,920 KB
Page File Space 306,816 KB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

C610 drivers for XP here:

Drivers & Downloads

Sorry if I've lost the main track of this thread as to echos but if you want to install XP you should have no problem providing you have a valid product key.

Microsoft will let you transfer a key but the previous system will no longer be valid.

Basically: one key = one computer.