Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade [Old Version]

Product Details

Platform : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP
Binding : CD-ROM
EAN : 0659556714314
Manufacturer : Microsoft
Model : N0900050
Product Group : Software
UPC : 659556714314

ASIN : B00005MOTE

Editorial Reviews

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Designed for reliability, security and privacy, high performance, and ease of use, the Windows XP operating system provides a host of benefits forbusiness and home users. A clean and simple desktop, rock-solidreliability, and easy-to-use features that take advantage of the digitalage all contribute to the value of Windows XP.

Enhancements in real-time voice, video, and data communications will allowthe PC to become a center of communications and creativity beyond juste-mail and instant messaging. Windows XP will also allow the user toconnect back to the desktop from any location, and support for new wirelessnetworks will be built in. Windows XP will unify the user's supportexperience by enabling the user to provide temporary and secure control oftheir PC over the Internet to whomever can best help them.

Windows XP takes an end-to-end approach to how people transfer videos andpictures onto their computer, how they use them on their PC and otherdevices, and how they share them, whether in person or through e-mail, over the Web, or through removable media like DVDs and CDs. It extends this experience through applications that help users buy music and videos, mobile devices, services for saving your music on the Internet, and more. Windows XP will make it easier for households to share a single PC and share pictures, music, files,printers, and other resources.

Customer Reviews

Turned my Dinosaur PC into a Performer (2004-06-21)

When I had Windows 98, my computer had a lot of problems. It was always stalling, it was unstable, and practically froze on me 2 times a day over an 8 hour usage. When I installed Windows XP the difference was completely noticeable. I stopped getting the stupid errors on the screen, and my computers functionality and power increased at least by 210%. Windows Xp has its downside though. It still has a compatibility problem with really old programs, (Try Nisus Missle Master 2.5 made back in 1992, for example). But who cares? All I've ever wanted is a computer that can go beyond its limits. Now, with Windows XP, your computer can pass every limit ever made.

Why pay to upgrade when its free? (2004-06-19)

You can dl service pack 1 and 2 from the MS website for free. The only reason I can think of buying the CD would be if you have a slow internet connection since the dl is quite large. Id recommend upgrading one way or the other to close some of the security holes that plague XP. As a suggestion, be sure to stop your anti virus program during the install to speed things up.

You don't know what you are doing (2004-06-02)

I don't blame all of you for giving this OS bad marks. God help you, you just don't know what you are doing..and that's ok. I've installed this OS on over 200 machines. It's by far one of the most stable OS's ever made. My users have never had a crash..not one. I'm talking about 150 people, using it 40 hours a week, all day long for 2 years. However....

If I wasn't there, it would be a nightmare. With increase functionality come increased confusion. This is completely unavoidable. I understand that not everyone is a geek so I can see where people could really mess this up. It's ok, it's not your fault..but it's not Microsoft's either.

Should you get a Mac with OSX? Absolutely. They make great software, and you should have a relatively easy time of it. However they are 2% of the market and if you want to go outside of the bounds of what they do you are going to have a big problem.

XP=eXpect Pain (2004-05-31)

Let me say that Windows ME was great with backwords compatibility. XP is better right? WRONG! This OS is very random on what it will run! Even on programs that say they work on XP! The reason? Mainly because security updates will mess up a lot of them. Also with old programs it won't run well in the first place. ALSO even with all the security updates XP is very vulnerable. If you plan to get a new computer and want to use DSL I heard Macs are very good. Also people who use older OSes will have to learn how to do stuff again. Another problem is that XP is a BIG HOG OF RAM! If you can find one get ME. XP is bad espiaclly for DSL!

Windows XP No Problem Upgrades A Myth (2004-04-20)

I like to give any significant software package a little time before I purchase or upgrade to it. My hope is, after a few months, the various bug patches will be available to insure that when I get the package I can avoid the majority of headaches that come with it. So I waited until now to upgrade to Windows XP. The setup seemed very impressive as it offer a pain-free upgrade from previous versions of Windows, which assured me that the program menu, desktop items and other personal data would be safely maintained during the upgrade. After the 90 minute upgrade process completed, all of these assurances turned out not to be true. Further, Microsoft's support for Windows XP was next to nil. While they had a phone number I could call for support, the people didn't seem to have a clue as to what to do with installation issues such as I had, further, I was placed on hold for long period of time as long distance charges accrued, while they touched base with other people who might know. Those people were apparently never found as I cumulatively spent up to 5 hours between brief assurances that they were still looking into it. Finally, I had to do the system footwork myself to find and restore many of my original programs, desktop items, start menu setting, corrupted registry entries, and email accounts/data; all of which had been misplaced by the install, though fortunately not deleted. The Windows XP upgrade also left me immediately infected with an internet worm which I had to scan for and get cleaned up. The only reason why I've not given the software 1 star is because once I fixed all of these problems with over ten hours of personal time, Windows XP now seems to be running pretty well. Though I do recommend a third party firewall like Zone Alarm rather than trusting Microsoft's built in fire wall protection, which seems more like an oxymoron. If you go Windows XP, good luck! You'll need it.

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