Customer Reviews:
 The Amazon Product Description is Wrong! December 31, 2005
David K. vun Kannon (Tenafly, New Jersey United States)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
This product is an upgrade from other, older versions of Windows, such as 98, 98 SE, and ME. It is NOT meant as an upgrade for XP itself. You can get Service Pack 2 from Microsoft for FREE. If you own XP already, don't buy this. If you own an older OS, don't be put off buy the incorrect information in the Amazon description. XP is a great home OS, much better than what you have today!
 Windows is self Pirated March 6, 2005
Debora Horn Geminder (Santiago, Chile)
14 out of 65 found this review helpful
First of all, you can download Windows XP SP 2 from Internet if you have the original Windows XP.
The main part of Windows, of what it deppend is DOS, originally called QDOS (Quick and Dirty OS, stealed by a bunch of hackers of a Informatical research company in the 70's), Windows is a grafical adaptation of MS-DOS, not modified in the last 30 years (1975).
Well, if you just win the challenge of installing Windows, so hard and problematic, you will see it will run for 4 days, then you enter a page, and you note that there are some new software already installed, that software that installed without your permission will help you to see 4 pop-up banners and web pages you dont want to look every 30 second and will send all your browsing habits to a unknow company without your permission.
But, How did this software installed itself?.
!Yes! its Microsoft inovatory ActiveX, it even will let a web page to shut down your PC! or install publicity software or execute a code that will install a virus.
The good security sistem will not protect you if a picture on a web page has a virus that will install itself and auto-send itself to your friends by mail.
Well, Microsoft is interested in your privacy, they just have a copy of all the webpages you see and every email you receive, well if you delete Internet Explorer Cache, that should be erased from the PC, and it will be erased, but just the first copy, the second stays hidden for Microsoft or Other companies, well, Windows if for you, if Privacy is have your emails public for any hacker.
But, why is possible to hack windows?, because it has Flaws, big holes that will let anyone enter, More than 2,000 have been discovered.
Better not talk of the errors, you will get painfull experience with them it is just too much to talk about the errors. its recomended to re-format your PC every 6 months, and erase all your data.
I Expended more than US$2,000 in a Soy Vaio PC, and i ended installing other OS.
And then i had to buy a Mac, In Mac, is IMPOSSIBLE even let a software check something of your PC info of your mac without your confirmation.
Viruses in mac, 3 discovered 10 years ago, they just where like a joke, in Windows, you will not get to run your PC again,,, or even they will damage your HD or your BIOS.
If you do not want to expend thousands on reapairing your PC, just buy a Mac, you will not even need an Antivirus
I do not recommend Windows, but if your going just to use it for four days only, it is OK to buy it.
I have used windows for 5 years to get to know really know how it works.
It doesnt Work.
Go to your computer mfr site for their recommendations FIRST July 21, 2005
G. Romer (San Jose, CA)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
The upgrade, per se, is fine. But, make sure you go to your computer manufacturer's website for their recommendations on prep actions to take. What you do first is more important than the running the XP Upgrade installation. In the case of my Compaq Presario 7000US, there was an upgrade preparation program there which would have helped me avoid hours of heartache and tears regarding the unstable XP which resulted. I think I finally got it worked out now but it has been painful.
- George
CAUTION! August 2, 2005
Paul Simmonds
14 out of 25 found this review helpful
July 2005
I finally got fed up with issues relating to processor speed, gaming card viability, etc., even after upgrades, and was told by a tecchie that I needed to abandon Windows 98SE in favour of an XP upgrade. (I never upgraded from Win 98 SE because I never wanted to spend the money for what I had perceived as being only marginal benefit!). I have yet to load the software as I am having some hardware upgrades done beforehand. But........
BEWARE! The Win XP Home Edition version offered by Amazon, which I bought, is a SINGLE MACHINE LOADING version only.... I have been assured by other retail vendors since my Amazon purchase, that there are versions of this Win XP Home package that allow loading onto TWO PCs.....Nothing on the Amazon site states that this is a sinlge PC loading version. If you have several computers in your family (who doesn't?), the Amazon offer will be an expensive purchase.
 XP - Improvement but still a lot to do May 1, 2006
alcimedes (Minneapolis, MN)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I'm an IT professional. I work with computers all day, and a wide variety of operating systems. XP (sp2) is a big improvement over previous OS'es from Microsoft. Stability has improved, plug and play devices seem to actually plug and play with some reliability now, and the security settings have been enhanced.
With SP2 in particular, the firewall is on by default, which is a massive improvement over all previous Windows versions. Without a firewall, most Windows installs will get infected in the time it takes to download and patch the OS, even on a broadband connection. Most home users will find that if they're running something older than XP and upgrade to XP SP2, things will improve. (Assuming you have enough RAM to handle XP's beefier needs).
The negatives are as follows. You still need to run with admin rights all the time in order to run most software. There's no reason for this. The firewall, which is on by default, only blocks incoming traffic. Setting it up to block outgoing traffic is something beyond the typical home user. Internet Explorer is the default web browser, and is built into the OS. This means that out of the box you're using an insecure web browser (and running as admin) which makes the internet a dangerous place for you.
XP has the web broswer built into the OS. This means that any security hole in IE is also a security hole in the operating system. There's no excuse for this. (Imagine a car that's remarkably easy to break into coming with a set of keys for your house. You get in the car, you can also get in your house).
Overall XP is an improvement over what was available before, although folks with somewhat older systems may want to stick with Windows 2000. 3 out of 5 stars though for making the OS a timebomb with regards to the 'net.
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