Alng with Steve's reply, you may have problems finding some drivers for your hardware 
also.  It's something you would need to research before you start, otherwise you 
may have limited graphics and no sound or modem abilities.  Drivers should be available 
either from Gateway (if they supported your machine for an XP upgrade) or on independant 
websites but there are no guarantees of this...  Best to go to MS website and run 
the upgrade advisor to see how your machine would pass the test for XP when it comes 
to the hardware AND installed software compatibilty.  You will also have problems 
with your software working in most cases.  Things such as CD writing, third party 
system utilities, antivirus software etc etc amoung others may well have to be updated 
or new versions purchased.  You can do it, but if you have not gone through an update/grade 
process, it would be best to have someone experienced help you avoid the mistakes 
and headaches that will certianly pop up  IME (in my experience)..  Good Luck..







On Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 4:55 pm, Leanne wrote:

>hopefully someone can help me.  I was giving a computer it is a 2001 gateway intel 

>1000mhx, 128 memory, and 20G ultra ata hard drive.  I am having alot of issues and 

>I realize the windows no longer supports me.  I want to by xp and complety wipe 
out 

>the computer and start over.  Is this hard to do? How much time does it take? Can 

>a computer idiot like me do it? Thanks in advance for the help. 

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