Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: Why pay to upgrade when its free?
Summary: 3 Stars
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.Customer Review: You don't know what you are doing
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Customer Review: XP=eXpect Pain
Summary: 1 Stars
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!Customer Review: Windows XP No Problem Upgrades A Myth
Summary: 2 Stars
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.Customer Review: XP prevented my laptop from becoming a doorstop
Summary: 4 Stars
Yes, Windows systems have been problematic and can drive a user stark raving loony. Acknowledged. And despite being adept with the utility functions (scan disk, defrag, etc.) and other low-grade hacks, I was near the end of my rope with crashes, system freeze-ups, and general poor performance under Win98. So for me, the WinXP upgrade was a measure of last resort.Darn glad I did it, by the way. Upgrading has given new life to my system, and will gain an extra 2 years (minimum) on a machine (five-year old Sony laptop) that I had almost given up on. Crashes are non-existent, programs are easier to install/uninstall, and in general, all tasks are now easier with WinXP.
Even more: it's worked just fine on 128mb RAM.