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System Requirements
- Platform: Windows 98 / 2000 / Me / XP / XP Home Edition / XP Professional
- Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features
- Digital Photos - record life's memories by easily acquiring, organising and sharing digital photos
- Video - everything you need to create, share and enjoy videos on your computer
- Instant messaging voice, and voice conversations
- Music - all-in-one place for the discovery, download, storage and playback of the highest quality digital music
- Personal entertainment system for great gaming and high quality DVD videos
- Easily connect and share the computers and devices in your home
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Unlock the full possibilities of your personal computer. If you've always imagined you could do more with your computer, your vision is about to become reality. From digital photos, music and video to building a home network, Windowsxp Home Edition brings you into the digital age with ease.The pop-up blocker makes browsing the Internet more enjoyable by reducing unwanted ads and content.
Download monitoring warns you about potentially harmful downloads and lets you block files that could be malicious.
The information bar tells you what's happening as you browse the web, making it easier to address potential security issues.
The Add-on Manager enhances security and reduces the potential for crashes by allowing easy management of Internet Explorer add-ons (programs which have been added to our web browser). Our privacy enhancements reduce unwanted e-mail by limiting the possibility of your e-mail address being validated by spammers.
The Attachment Manager monitors and disables potentially unsafe attachments, which could contain viruses that might spread through Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Windows Messenger. The firewall is automatically turned on to protect Windows XP from viruses, worms and other security threats that can spread over the Internet.
Compatibility features let the firewall co-exist with your favourite Internet applications and home network.
Start-up and shutdown support ensures enhanced protection from the moment you switch on your PC to the moment you turn it off. Automatic updates keep you on top of the latest features for Windows XP.
New technology helps you download updates more efficiently if you're a dial-up customers.
Improved wireless support dramatically improves and simplifies the process of discovering and connecting to wireless networks.
Bluetooth technologies let you connect to the latest Bluetooth-enabled hardware devices such as keyboards, cell phones and PDAs.
Windows Media Player 9 makes music, video and broadband content enjoyable and secure.
DirectX enhancements help you enjoy advanced graphics and gaming.
Better browsing and email
Service Pack 2 features for Internet Explorer:
Service Pack 2 features for Outlook Express
Powerful security tools
The Windows firewall
The latest enhancements
Product Description
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition is the next version of the Windows operating system, which is designed exclusively for home computing. Windows XP Home Edition puts the exciting experiences of the digital age at your fingertips. From digital photos, music, and video to building a home network, Windows XP Home Edition brings you into the digital age with ease. Built on the solid foundation of Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition also sets the new standard in efficient and dependable computing. A new visual...
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
82 of 84 people found the following review helpful
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I have just installed an XP upgrade. It is very easy although it takes nearly two hours to complete. It was my very first upgrade hence I am not certain if it is quick or not exactly so.
Word of warning though for those who upgrade from Windows Me. I have discovered that it is much easier to reload my computer and start reloading the rest of the software afresh than just to install the upgrade. Although the upgrade worked as such I needed to update most of the drivers for my printer, broadband connection etc. Reload seemed to be an easier option in the long run.
There was one more glitch in the system. After the upgrade my computer refused to switch itself off automatically. I contacted Microsoft UK and a solution was offered (Control Panel, Power Option, APM, enable APM support). They diagnosed the problem and offered a solution really quickly. Great customer service.
As to the Amazon' service: I placed an order, I was kept informed about the progress, they delivered on the day indicated. Judging by my past experiences it is pretty much standard. I would highly recommend them as well.
Word of warning though for those who upgrade from Windows Me. I have discovered that it is much easier to reload my computer and start reloading the rest of the software afresh than just to install the upgrade. Although the upgrade worked as such I needed to update most of the drivers for my printer, broadband connection etc. Reload seemed to be an easier option in the long run.
There was one more glitch in the system. After the upgrade my computer refused to switch itself off automatically. I contacted Microsoft UK and a solution was offered (Control Panel, Power Option, APM, enable APM support). They diagnosed the problem and offered a solution really quickly. Great customer service.
As to the Amazon' service: I placed an order, I was kept informed about the progress, they delivered on the day indicated. Judging by my past experiences it is pretty much standard. I would highly recommend them as well.
122 of 127 people found the following review helpful
I have been running Windows 98 2nd edition for 5 years, and have been on broadband for 2 years. My PC was constantly hanging up crashing and having all sorts of problems.
Feeling brave and not having enough money for a new PC at the moment I decided to upgrade to Windows XP Home. After Slotting in the CD and running the upgrade took a couple of hours in all on my old Dell 500Mhz PC. There were no problems and I was up and running again with great new features. My faithfull old dog (PC) has learn't some new tricks and so far after 2 weeks is running nice and smoothly.
82 of 86 people found the following review helpful
The previous reviewer has written an excellent review ands theres little point in repeating what he's already stated.
But having read his comments and being a long - standing user of Windows 98, ME, 2000 and now XP I know these various operating systems well and I feel I have to make the following corrections to what the previous reviewer has mentioned:
XP is MUCH more stable than Windows 2000. XP contains a System Restore function - if something causes a serious error you can roll back to a previous stable configuration - very useful indeed. 2000 doesn't have this and this more than anything else makes it much less stable. In addition XP includes a compatibility mode for old DOS based software, especially games, that used to run on Windows 9x/ME and that Windows 2000 does not have - most simply will not work with 2000 but can be got to work with XP. It's not perfect but it's very good, probably around 80%. XP will boot up and shut down MUCH faster than 2000 - this might not sound like much but if you have a lot of software installed 2000 will take many minutes whilst XP will take mere seconds - if you use a computer a lot the delay becomes very frustrating.
XP is the most rock-steady OS there is and is by far Microsoft's best effort to date. If you're used to Win9x/ME you won't believe how much better this OS is. I had occasion to use Windows 98 again recently and I couldn't believe just how much trouble it was what with it's perpetual freezing and crashing and the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. I've become very spoilt using XP indeed. It copes effortlessly with large partitions and large amounts of software while Windows 98 will not.
BUT you do need to make sure your hardware will cope with it. It is VERY hungry on resources you'll need at least 512mb of RAM and the full install will take 7.5 GB of hard disk space compared to 414 MB or so for Windows 98 SE! It also needs a fairly fast processor, old Pentium 2 based systems need not apply you're better off sticking with Windows 2000 in that instance.
So in short is it worth it? If you have a fairly modern PC, yes.I know every likes to complain about Bill Gates and Microsoft but there really is nothing this good to compare. Linux (and yes, I have used that too) doesn't even come close, although it is free.
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The package in which contained the software was in very good condition and the package arrived promptly. Read more
Published on 18 May 2010 by Antoine C. Mariucci
Not suitable for upgrading from Windows 2000
I had hoped to upgrade from Windows 2000 as this is no longer supported by Microsoft and although Amazon's product description includes W2000 the box does not mention this and it... Read more
Published on 13 April 2009 by Rob
Buy XP
Very easy to install, no problem at all...
Upgrading to Window XP was the best decision i made for my old computer :)
Highly recommended
Upgrading to Window XP was the best decision i made for my old computer :)
Highly recommended
Published on 16 Mar 2009 by TURKISH HOLIDAYS
better then vista
i hate to admit it being a geek, but in my time using computers, xp is a much better piece of kit. xp may be slower (only slightly) but isnt as demanding on your hardware. Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2007 by Jasper
Good product, am impressed
Have recently upgraded from windows 98 to XP and am impressed with my new, faster system that no longer crashes. Read more
Published on 28 July 2007 by UK reviewer
Great for multimedia
If you haven't already upgraded from windows 98, then XP home is a good next step. It's multimedia capabilities allows the army of digital camera's, videos and other devices to be... Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2006 by D. DALBY
Great service, simple installation
Ordered from Amazon Friday lunchtime, arrived Saturday morning. Started upgrade 15:00 and was complete at 17:00. No problems or major issues. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2006 by Mr. A. Backhouse
THE BEST
I use microsoft XP.
- Almost Everything that is computer-related works on it
- Nice look
- easy to use
- Stable
It is way... Read more
- Almost Everything that is computer-related works on it
- Nice look
- easy to use
- Stable
It is way... Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2006 by James P. Brown
Poor value for money
Regardless of how many lovely (read: annoying) features are added to this operating system, Windows remains the most expensive option on the market. Read more
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