Office XP trashed my Windows 98

I just installed and activated MS Office XP on my Windows
98 machine.
It has created all sorts of problems. Slow, sometimes not
booting, Lexmark printer software crashing, etc. So bad
I'm considering de-installing it.

(1) Do you think adding more memory would help? (it has
128mb now, I
could pop in another 128mb I have easily.)
(2) Could it be that it's conflicting with the Printer
Driver (Lexmark
z11, el cheapo)?
(3) Could it be that it's conflicting with the Office 97 I
left on the
PC?

Any help would be appreciated -- I'm getting desperate,
and seriously
considering de-installing it! --Peter


P.S. I have read the KB article "HOWTO: Install Windows 98
to a New Folder to Troubleshoot Problems in Office XP" --
it seems far too difficult and risky to do!

"Peter" wrote in message
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I just installed and activated MS Office XP on my Windows
98 machine.
It has created all sorts of problems. Slow, sometimes not
booting, Lexmark printer software crashing, etc. So bad
I'm considering de-installing it.

(1) Do you think adding more memory would help? (it has
128mb now, I
could pop in another 128mb I have easily.)

get the other 128mb in the machine now, upgrade to Win XP with a clean
install if you can and kill Office '97 ... your life will be happier