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I upgraded from Windows 98 to Windows 2000
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like others have said, this is a huge no no. Win2k is NOT an upgrade to 95/98/ME. You can try to fix the issues, but if they are numerous and tedious it's best to backup data/format/re-install.
Nice suggestions Growler, I disagree with some of your comments on XP and IE 6, but that's another issue. I wish more peole knew about Ad-aware, thanks for bringing up.
One thing I would suggest is running regclean. M$ doesn't have it on their sire anymore but you can get it
here. Many of your problems might be registry based, this can clean things up, but it's no miracle worker.
what version of IE do you have? Go to help about IE and look for the vesion and cipher strength. If you are running 5.5 make sure it's sp2 version. I have only seen issues with IE 6 on default XP installs, other than that it's better than 5.5. Make sure both have 128 bit cipher strength, if not upgrade or remove, re-install.
I disagree on upgrading to DX9, yes it's technically superior to 8, but it has issues on some machines.
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In all seriousness, do your best to stick with Windows 2000. It is the best operating system out right now. 2000 has all the reliability you could ask for, permissions, and a lot less bloatware than XP. Gaming friends don't let gaming friends run 95/98/ME.
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No way. many things were improved in XP over 2k. My XP box is far more stable and quicker than any other win2k box I've ever built. Yes 95, ME is nasty for gaming, but 98 is still regarded by some as the 'best os for gaming.'
If all else fails you might want to consider formatting and re-installing from scratch as you could be chasing numerous issues for some time.