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| From: Microsoft Software
List Price: $49.95
Buy New: $21.77
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New (58) Used (5) from $19.89
Rating:  186 reviews
Sales Rank: 56
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.2 x 1.5
MPN: C7S-00135
Model: C7S-00135
UPC: 882224494274
EAN: 0882224495134
ASIN: B000V6YPAY
Release Date: November 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Works like a charm on both of my computers May 23, 2008
Wendy Harris (Cabot, Arkansas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've had a desktop computer for years and used Mcafee. I was sick of it slowing my computer down. I couldn't do anything because mcafee was busy scanning and it just really didn't run well with windows. I purchased a laptop about 6 months ago and decided to try Norton. Norton worked fine, but I couldn't even log into my bank account. Every web page I visited it would say I had to download something or do something and nothing worked until I uninstalled Norton. So then I decided to try Onecare. I love this product. It works perfectly. I hardly know it's there unless there's a problem with my computer. As far as this product being expensive. I got mine on sale for like 20 bucks. From time to time you can get it free after rebate on Amazon, so what do you have to loose? I would personally pay 100 bucks for this product because I can protect both of my computers and it works so well on them. I'm just sorry I didn't try Onecare sooner.
 You can buy it - but you can never leave. You will be billed even after removing it May 23, 2008
John R. Leonard (SmartParts, Hell)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you are looking for a good security suite for your PC, avoid Microsoft One Care at all cost. Anyone who signs up for this overly restrictive, unmanageable product, will have to fight to stop being billed, even after you have deleted it from your computers.
Like Hotel California, you can never leave. They billed my expired credit card - after I had deleted all instances, removed the product and moved on. I DID NOT want Microsoft One Care at all, had found a good security suite (Trend Micro PC Cillin is great). Still Microsoft billed me for another year at $49.95 - on an expired credit card.
If you check into this horrible product, you can't leave. You will be billed.
You will continue to be charged to use this badly flawed, overly restrictive product, Microsoft One Care, even if you find it a horrible experience, delete it and tell them what you think of if on the Microsoft One Care web site (they want a review when you uninstall it through Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel). Unfortunately, they still don't take the claws out of your computer.
It's like a stalker - you tell it to go away. Tell it that you are not interested. Tell it you never want to see it again. Then when 365 days have passed, it shows up on your credit card statement again. You have been billed $50 from a stalker software from MICROSOFT, for God's sake, who will not take no for an answer. You may want to call your local police department to get a restraining order against Microsoft. Ask them to keep this horribly written failure of a product at least 500 feet away from any computer in your possession.
Don't do it.
 OneCare is just that. June 4, 2008
MT Swan Song (Monrtana)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
OneCare works for us. It is a good all around integrated product for those of us who like to keep maintenance of computers simple but effective. Some of the reviews are critical because most of the functions of OneCare are already available usually at no cost. True, but OneCare has all the functions bundled into one package, including network management. And all 3 of our computers (finally) now have the same antivirus/malware protection which can be monitored from the OneCare hub computer. We have had Norton's, then McAfee protection but got fed up with them because the latest versions really bogged the computers when doing scans, and McAfee seemed to blow my system up every few months when some update or other was automatically downloaded. I tried the OneCare trial about 6 months ago, then bought the CD 3 months ago (no cost after rebates). OneCare was easy to install provided one reads the instructions with no problems on any of our computers.
Pluses:
Antivirus scans can be scheduled. The full scan (Tuneup) does bog the system down for awhile, but I have it scheduled for only once a month at off hours. And it completes the full Tuneup alot faster than McAfee. The daily incremental scans are fast and have little effect on the system.
BACKUP: It is easy to set up and schedule for a full backup or incremental backup. I do not use it much for my desktop because I do my data backups the old fashioned way on CD's, but my wife backs up her huge photo files and data (she is a professional photographer) regularly to an external drive. The laptop also backs up to the same hardrive when we power it up using the OneCare circle, accessing the hardrive through the router and my wife's computer.
NETWORKING: Using the one care circle, it is easy and simple to access our external hardware....two printers, two scanners, two external drives. And they do not need to be plugged into the router; they are shared through the computers which are on the network. Very simple and easy to manage. Even the laptop with wireless can read the scanners and harddrives now without plugging cords all over the room.
TUNEUP: This runs a full virus scan, defrag, and dumps the temp files, and checks for unused files/programs. I used to do all this stuff when I got around to it which was sometimes months. Now OneCare does it in the background on a user set schedule. Very nice.
Minuses:
At $50 a pop, it is a little pricey but not bad considering it covers 3 computers. We probably got by for less before because we always looked for McAfee on specials. But then this copy of OneCare did not cost us anything after rebates, and hopefully when the time comes we can get a deal on a renewal or just buy another hardcopy on a deal and just start a new subscription.
I'm a little concerned about the reviewer's comments about the automatic renewal of OneCare charged to a credit card after one year. I hate auto-renewals and if this happens I will be dumping OneCare. But then since I did not download OneCare but bought the hard CD, I do not think Microsoft has my credit card info.
After downloading Window XP SP3 last week, my computer would bog to a snails pace for 5-10 minutes on startup. I traced this to MsMpEng.exe hogging the CPU. This process apparently has something to do with the OneCare full virus/spyware scan, so I double checked that the full scan was just scheduled monthly in OneCare. After re-entering the schedule in OneCare, this slowdown has stopped, at least for now. This is the only reason for the 4 star rating rather than 5 stars.
In a lump, I recommend OneCare for anyone who has a distaste for jumping through hoops to maintain computers, especially for more than one computer. And look for hot deals when renewal time is approaching to keep the cost down.
Very pleased with Live OneCare June 23, 2008
Jim (Atlanta, GA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Live OneCare is doing a good job for me with limited system delays that I have experienced with all other firewalls.
Windows Live One Care June 23, 2008
Ann M. Oleson
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am very happy with Windows Live OneCare. Works 100% better than the product that was included with the internet service provider has available.
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