Microsoft Windows XP Professional Full Version with SP2
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Software Reviews of Microsoft Windows XP Professional Full Version with SP2
Customer Review: Terrible
Summary: 1 Stars
The new product that I bought was a counterfeit program.We spent hours and $$$ before my tech could figure it out. It was hard to get in touch with some one and they would never call me.I thought that ordering through Amazon was a sure bet........super disappointed.I would not recommend it.
Customer Review: Out of support product
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought MS XP "full version" because I figured at some point in the future I would put it on a new (clean) system. However, my current plan was to upgrade an existing system with win2k on it. What a nightmare! After about 30 minutes of responding to questions on the terminal I was asked to enter the serial number from the disk. I did that and the screen said I had an invalid serial number. So, I assumed I made a typing mistake and tried again. Again I was told I had an invalid serial number. At that point I got on the phone to MS. They told me the product was no longer under MS support and I would need to pay to have my problem addressed. Well, under the given circumstances, (I was 3 hours from home and didn't know when I would be back at the location...) I decided to pay. After 45 minutes on the phone to a very nice although not very educated individual I was told that I had a OEM copy and that I would need to get a new serial number. They offered to "do me a favor" and give me a new serial number now. So, I went through the whole load proceedure again (about 30 minutes) and used the NEW serial number. IT STILL WAS NOT ACCEPTED. The Bottom line is that after aprox 2 hours on the phone the only option I had was to do a "full install" from scratch (loose all the existing settings from the prior win2k OS).
All I can guess is that most people do not try to do an upgrade using the "full version". Please be aware: The MS phone support person said that this OS is no longer supported. If you buy this product and it doesn't load, you will have to pay for support and you still will probably NOT be able to get it loaded. If it wasn't such a waste of time, I would have returned this product and demanded a refund. But, lifes too short. Good Luck. (by the way: I have a masters degree in computer science and have been working as a software engineer for over 20 years. I know I can make mistakes. However, I don't think that was the case regarding this particular issue. )
Customer Review: Love XP but it wouldn't reformat my new vista computer...
Summary: 4 Stars
I was a little disappointed when XP wouldn't reformat my hard drive and kill the unwanted Vista program Best Bye put on my new computer. Next time I'll just ask for the computer and format the thing my self.Customer Review: Good but expensive
Summary: 3 Stars
In my opinion, this is the most stable and reliable release of Windows, with an excellent peripheral drivers assortment. Nonetheless the price is still a little too high for the quality.Customer Review: Windows runs my life--and I don't want it to
Summary: 1 Stars
Over and over again I find that Windows limits what I can do. I am on a very secure network and I want to open up files on my old computer to my new computer. But Microsoft knows better and won't allow me to open up My Documents or System files to my other computer. Isn't this my decision?
And now I'm trying to move fonts from my old computer to my new one. Since these are in a system folder, Microsoft won't let me connect to them. And when I try to copy them, it changes the files, so they won't install. And now that I've tried simply moving them, it has destroyed the files so I don't have them on either computer.
I sincerely hope that Google or somebody else comes out with an operating system that doesn't try to think for you. I am really disgusted with Microsoft, but they have their fingers around our necks and won't let go.