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| Microsoft Windows XP Professional UPGRADE with SP2 | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $160.00
You Save: $39.99 (20%)
New (22) Used (8) from $99.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 209
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Nt 4, Windows Me, Windows Xp Home Edition, Windows 98
Color: 1-user
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Upgrade with SP2
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 12 x 3 x 10
nv:Software Type: Operating Systems
MPN: e85-02666
Model: E85-02666
UPC: 805529831285
EAN: 0805529831285
ASIN: B00022PTT8
Release Date: September 28, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Another Crash for Microsoft! April 18, 2008
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
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.
 Xp Pro is a big improvement over win2000 October 21, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I agree, Windows could improve thier products but I'm not going to jump on the Linux bandwagon just yet. You can get this product Academic for 84.00 on the web. I own several copies for my home computers. If you network and use wireless this is the program to use. I use both Unix and Windows at work and the Unix is far more stable. Compatibility issues are what kills Unix/Linux for now and Linux is not user friendly. In the future Apple and Linux will have some of the same issues as Windows to deal with as they become more popular. Windows dominates for a reason. Also, when you upgrade select full install and not the upgrade. You will need a full version copy of Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows 2000 to accomplish this. Registering your software with Microsoft is virtually painless, even if you need a new key. You can load Windows five times before your key expires. At that point you can call them for a new one.
I'd buy this product again and Amazon is a great company to deal with- FIVE STARS to them!!!
Ya know, I'm a little disappointed with Windows XP... March 20, 2006
10 out of 42 found this review helpful
... and it ain't because of the obvious reasons, like "bugs", patches, constant updates, or whatever-else-have-you that have been part and parcel of every Windows operating system since Bill Gates made his first billion.
Nope, my main gripe is with The WinXP defragmentation program. Ya see, when my PC ran on Win98, every couple months I'd activate the defrag, and watch the screenful of little light blue squares movin' around and becomin' darker blue squares, as my PC... well, squared everything away I guess, heh. It also scrolled down as each new set of squares got properly aligned, all the way from start to finish. I swear, I could watch those little boogers synchronizin' for hours on end... and I usually did. Especially when I went several months between defrags. Some times I'd keep a decent supply of sodas and snacks handy, as if I were watchin' the Super Bowl! And people say I live an empty, socially-bereft existence...
Sadly, the WinXP defrag program ain't nearly as entertaining to witness as its Win98 forebear. Now it's made up of a pair of wide screens, representing "before" and "after". And instead of aligning & color-changin' squares, it's just a collection of vertical lines moving from place to place on the "after" screen. Sheesh, how boring can ya get? It's like starin' at a test pattern for two hours straight right after watchin' the most exciting Super Bowl ever. Or at least a rousing round of Olympic curling...
Ya know, I've half a mind to write Mr. Gates about this sad development, just to see if I can persuade him to change the defrag program format back to Win98 style on the next OS his company will be puttin' out any minute now. Deep down inside, however, I don't really expect him to have a change of heart over such a silly thing. But, dammit, I gotta try!
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Don't Upgrade from W2K to XP February 25, 2006
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
It is now almost a month since I bought the upgrade to XP Prof. for my destop computer running W2K Prof. I have had nothing but trouble. My notebook computer, connected by a wireless next for almost 18 months, suddenly could not connect to the desktop. All network setup and trouble-shooting help did nothing. I called MS and things got worse. Now I have an dditional problem (no sound on my desktop) and the first problem remains unsolved. I have been through three layers of MS technicians, only the last of which spoke English with an accent close enough to mine to be understood. Nonce could fix the problems and they are now "researching" the problem and supposed to call me this morning. During one of the calls, the tech. tried to blame it on my notebook. If any of you are old enough to remember when there was only one telephone company, you'll ercognize the situation. Right now, I would prefer getting a refund and returning to W2K.
 Improvement over older versions, but... December 10, 2005
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
First of all, Microsoft needs to come down on their prices (Not that this will ever happen). I build computers for a living, and I'd say that 9 times out of 10 Windows is the single most expensive piece of any PC I build. That being said, XP has come a long way. Service pack 2 has done wonders for security. I also found it is the most stable version of Windows I've used to date. That's not to say it doesn't have it's flaws. It still lets in it's share of "germs", stops responding from time to time (hangs), and it's very slow to shut down. The built-in CD writing software is TERRIBLE and Remote Desktop is not always a pleasure to use either. However, the biggest problem I've had so far is with product activation. As a PC technician, I'm always testing new parts. The most annoying problem I've had is that after you make a certain number of hardware changes (let's say you replace a video card, a hard drive and add some memory) all within a certain period of time (180 days maybe?) Windows makes you reactivate. This becomes a problem when you have to reactivate twice within this period of time. It makes you call Microsoft, where you have to convince the representitive that you're not trying to steal from them. Then you have to read them a long number (I think 41 digits) and then they'll read another long number back to you that you need to type in. It's driven me to the point of using Windows 2000 again to test my parts, even though this isn't always practical for testing XP compatibility.
Overall, I feel that I paid too much for this operating system.
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