Is Photoshop 5.5 Compatible with Windows XP operating System.

Dear ecalaway,

The official answer is that it is not supported. However, I believe it
can run successfully (i.e. with the same problems as later versions)
under XP. Someone even used Photoshop 5.5 and XP to benchmark a
laptop.

The specific problems to avoid or correct are detailed in the links
below:
1.	Some versions of Dell Motherboard
2.	Insufficient memory
3.	Install after upgrading to XP

[Both the Dell and memory problems were not restricted to v5.5.]

The cached page of myshipmates.com states that it works fine with XP
home.
://www.google.com/search?q=cache:4nBU3ypxA0QC:www.myshipmates.net/xpsc/guestbook.asp%3Fpage%3D4+%22windows+XP%22+%22photoshop+5.5%22+compatible&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

However it unstable with XP professional (see memory note below)
http://www.myshipmates.net/xpsc/guestbook.asp?action=search_results
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Adobe general XP support is generally the same as for Windows 2000:
http://www.adobe.com/products/adobesupportsXP.html
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Adobe XP upgrade notes recommend uninstalling products before
upgrading Windows.
http://www.adobe.com/products/XPinstallnotes.html
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Adobe basically says v5.5 is unsupported for 2000
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/23dde.htm
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General Photoshop memory management for Photoshop 5.5 advice from
Photo.net (a wonderful photography resource)
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000amV
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A few Dell motherboards had problems, however this was not just 5.5.
The problem is also described on adobe’s site.
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:CMb60JR1H54C:inquirerinside.com/11040101.htm+running+photoshop+5.5+on+windows+XP&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
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Regards,

Photoshop is compatiable iwth WinXP I run it. No problems but I have
heard a lot of probs with specific motherboards and RAM companies. Buy
Kingsdom (Something like that name) and you should be fine. I've been
running Kingsdom for a while now and all version of Photoshop work for
me on all my PCs