Microsoft Windows XP Professional Upgrade with Service Pack 2
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| Product Description
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional is the next version of the Windows operating system, which is designed for businesses of all sizes, and for individuals who demand the most from their computing experience. Windows XP Professional goes beyond the benefits of Windows XP Home Edition with advanced capabilities designed specifically to optimize productivity using the latest advancements in the digital world. Built on the solid foundation of Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional provides improved...[continued]... reliability, security, performance and ease of use, setting the new standard in efficient and dependable computing.Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides an enhanced security infrastructure that defends against viruses, worms, and hackers, along with increased manageability and control for IT professionals and an improved experience for users. |
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| General | | Language(s) | English | | Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 | | Operating System | | License Pricing | Standard | | License Qty | 1 user | | License Type | Upgrade package | | Media | CD-ROM | | Package Type | Retail | | System Requirements | | Min Hard Drive Space | 1.5 GB | | Min Processor Type | Intel Pentium - 233 MHz | | Min RAM Size | 64 MB | | Peripheral / Interface Devices | Mouse or compatible device, CD-ROM, SVGA monitor |
Customer ReviewsReviewed on 2008-04-18  
Another Crash for Microsoft!
I ordered this upgrade product after careful review and preparation, I do have a PhD from MIT in EECS, and actually am back doing research at MIT after a few years, so I assumed that this would work and that I had a modicum of intelligence to deal with a Microsoft product. Bad idea. I loaded this on my laptop, a good trusty Dell, and it removed my old WIN2K and then when it was halfway thru loading XP it crashed, "FATAL ERROR".
Now I had a dead laptop. Off to Microsoft Customer Service in Bombay, they were patient and we found that there was a corrupted file on the disk. They told me I would have to mail in the disks and order a complete and new XP load for which I would have to pay an additional fee, for now upgrades would not function. I then told them how I would file a lawsuit in two days in the Newark Federal Court in a Class Action against Microsoft, they then after checking with the Supervisor agreed to give me a new key to load an old copy of XP. Five hours later I am back to the beginning and then ten hours later I have most of my files back up again. I did lose a few because I had used the keys before and they required a new purchase, Adobe was the number one issue there.
Thus my advice to anyone even thinking of this, DO NOT EVER CHANGE! Microsoft quality control appears in my opinion to be quite deficient. Bombay can become very helpful but Redmond is not. I measure lost hours of humanity and its creativity dealing with Microsoft issues in Megagates, a Megagate is one second of human creativity lost trying to deal with a Microsoft glitch, multiply that times the number of users and one can see the great lost to humanity wasted on these poorly engineered products. Imagine if Civil Engineers designed bridges the way Microsoft does its software!
However if you want to upgrade, here is a bit of advice:
1. Do a clean sweep, buy the total system not the upgrade.
2. This is critical, before doing anything, check all programs which have authentication keys and properly unload them to be certain you can reload after you reformat the disk. For example, Adobe 8 will wipe itself out and if you have loaded your two copies, you will have to buy a new one again. Same for Quick Books and many others. If you fail this step it will be very costly!
3. Always back up everything. Always back up the registry, even if you are dumping it.
4. Watch out for the BIOS changes, for that is the way an OEM Activation Code is checked, and you do not want to play with that!
5. If you are also going to add hardware remember that every time you turn the machine on or daily, whichever comes first, Microsoft is checking your configuration. If you change too many things in an upgrade, they will disconnect your OS! So before you do the sweep, and with your Internet connection off, that means no internal cards etc, make the change, then clean the files, and do a fresh load. It will only take a day of your life or so.
6. Write everything you see down! Write everything you do down. Stay close to a phone, there may still be a Microsoft gremlin somewhere!
Good Luck, Yes XP is better, and no I still do not like Vista. It is like being forced to watch someone else's 35 mm slides from their first vacation to Hawaii.
|  | Reviewed on 2008-03-21
XP for Me is Solid and Good
I have XP running on a bootcamp partition on my MacBook and it is doing just fine. I spend most of my working time in Word, hardly ever using any of the other programs in the Office suite. However, I use the Adobe products Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator a whole bunch. Other than that I play solitaire, watch videos and, of course, use both Explorer and Firefox when I go online. That's about it for me, software wise, and XP handles it all without fail, without crashing and without giving me any headaches.
And I will miss it when I upgrade to Vista, however my machine can handle the upgrade. If yours can't, then I'd recommend you stay with XP. It's solid and good. Vista may be better, but it's not worth buying a new computer over. | | Reviewed on 2007-12-23
owner
Tried to install the XP Professional Upgrade at least 10 times, kept coming up and fatal error on the disk. Had to call Microsoft and they replaced it with a new one. | | Reviewed on 2007-08-11
XP Pro Upgrade
upgrading has never been easier! Don't want to jump into Vista just yet but tired of 98? Even if you have XP home, upgrading to Pro will give you better stability and more access! | | Reviewed on 2007-08-09
OP System upgrade
The product fulfilled everything that I expected it to do. Delivery was as promised! | |
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