Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition FULL VERSION with SP2

Windows XP Home makes it easy to use your Computer for those Personal projects you enjoy. Service Packs round up the bug fixes and product updates you need for operating more smoothly. This Service Pack bridges the gaps between the original software and user requests more fully, responding to customer wishes — and making XP even better. Share your home computing resources with simple-to-use Networking tools Service Pack features - Security Center offers a central control system for your Windows XP security — work with the firewalls, auto updates and antivirus tools Great news for people sick of pop-up ads - The built-in pop-up blocker controls them, with a new submenu and status bar icons New Add-Ons manager gives you instant access to all the Browser Helper Objects and extensions, enabling and disabling them easily Firewall now has its own control panel Enhancements to the Windows Update service make installing new updates easy Wireless Networking - Multiple wireless connections to choose from

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Still the best Microsoft OS available.
After seeing how friends and coworkers have struggled with their Windows Vista machines more often than not, I decided to purchase Windows XP for an upgrade to a one of my home computers. XP is by far the better operating system when compared to Vista. And with the release of Service Pack 3, Windows XP is even more stable. Something that Service Pack 1 for Vista did not do…

1 Star NOT AS ADVERTISED
THIS PRODUCT WAS TO BE SOLD WITH A NEW COMPUTER, NOT INDIVIDUALLY. IT IS A ONE TIME USE ONLY SO MY RATING IS AS LOW AS IT CAN BE I WOULD NOT BUY FROM THIS VENDOR AGAIN.

3 Stars Just a warning
Someone mentioned that with XP the “blue screen of death” is no more. This is actually false. While the “blue screen of death” does not happen often, it does happen. Except it isn’t just a matter of restarting the computer, as it just pops up again and again and again until you reformat your computer (and lose everything). Just a warning for anyone, but overall XP is a very well thought out product and has a great interface that’s similar enough to old editions, but with a modern flair.

3 Stars It was what my computer needed
I’ve heard bad things about Vista so wanted a copy of the XP on hand.

4 Stars Bought for Mac “Boot Camp”
I bought this for my daughter’s MacBook, She had a Windows-only program she needed long term for school and we did not want to buy a Wintel computer just for that. She uses it with the Macintosh “Boot Camp” program that allows the Mac to boot up w/the Macintosh Finder or Windows operating system. That requires a full version of Windows (not an upgrade). We did have to upgrade Finder to the “Tiger” (10.5) version which had the production version of Boot Camp. We could not get the downloadable Beta version of Boot Camp to work w/ the earlier versions of Finder. It took three shots to get Windows to install, all related to how Windows does a new “clean” installation; it goes back to it’s MS-DOS roots for the initial setup. As with any Windows product, the amount of on-screen information was minimal, so I guessed wrong a couple of times during the installation process. Not for a complete novice, but I’m no expert/geek, either. Technophobes should definitely get help. Once the installation was complete, everything worked as advertised, both for the Mac and Windows.

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