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| From: Microsoft Software
List Price: $49.95
Buy New: $19.80
You Save: $30.15 (60%)
New (67) Used (6) from $19.80
Rating:  186 reviews
Sales Rank: 39
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
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: 100% New Windows Live OneCare 2.0 (Up to 3 Users) in original retail package. Never opened, used or registered. Ships within 24 hrs with tracking info. Continental US only. No APO/FPO.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 21-25 of 186
 Pretty Good but Nags You Often February 10, 2008
Ron V. (Los Angeles)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've used version 1.0 and found it to work pretty good. I tried Kaspersky for a year but went back to this as Kaspersky kept crashing on my Vista computer, which it didn't do on XP. Another reviewer complained about the $50 price tag but I've seen it for far less in most places and I bought my copy at Amazon for basically free after mail in rebate, plus you can use it on 3 computers. Version 2.0 works as well as the 1.0 version did, though sometimes it can get a bit naggy. For example, if you turn off the Windows firewall because you have one on your router, it will nag you. If you don't back up, or use a different program to back up, it will nag you. If you don't download and install Windows Genuine Advantage, it will nag you. Like another reviewer mentioned, I wish Microsoft would include support for eSATA drives, it takes a long time to back up 750GB worth of data using USB 2.0 or even FireWire. I even tried using a PCIe to eSATA card but that still didn't work.
 love this product over norton systemworks February 17, 2008
Bradley J. Akelaitis
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Norton Systemworks played havoc with my computer. It literally took days to run a virus scan, it delayed my keyboard, and was generally slowing down my entire computer. As soon as I installed Windows Live Onecare operating speeds returned, my keyboard worked correctly and virus scans ran in minutes not days. The yearly subscription is less expensive also. I will never by another Norton product again.
Uninstall McAfee first March 3, 2008
Peter Reeve (Thousand Oaks, CA USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Of course you need to uninstall your current security system to install a new one, but OneCare is supposed to do that as part of the install process. It was happily installing on my PC, getting as far as partly uninstalling McAfee, when it locked. I rebooted and found that I could neither complete the install of OneCare nor the uninstall of McAfee. I had corrupted software and no virus protection. In the end, I did a system restore to the previous state and started from the beginning, but this time uninstalling McAfee before attempting to install OneCare. This time, no problem.
OneCare seems to be working well, but you can't get away from the fact that everything it does is either available elsewhere free, or is already part of Windows. It is convenient having it available in one place, and being able to schedule a complete tune-up, but I shall think long and hard when subscription renewal time comes around. OneCare really needs some value-added, a killer app, to make it really worthwhile.
Seamless/Integrated/Expensive March 3, 2008
Michael T. Rognlien (Chicago, IL USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The jury is still out for me and this product, not to determine whether or not it's any good - I think it is - but whether or not it's something I actually need. That said, I bit the bullet and purchased the subscription, but:
1. I am probably a savvier user of technology since it's my career to do so, so I am not prone to most of the common 'attacks' on security that many people are (opening attachments from strangers, accepting cookies and the like from questionable websites, installing 'free' toolbars and other assorted crap like 'free' games or 'free' anything)
2. I already have redundant copies of 'critical' files saved in multiple locations, either at work or at home or on backup CD's/hard drives.
3. My home network consists of my desktop and my laptop, and the only resources I need to share (wireless internet, external hard drive) are able to be shared using capabilities already included in those systems/drivers/Vista.
I do like that MS has streamlined this product for Live users, as I've had MSN as my internet email account since 2002 and not having to sign up for yet another online ID/account is one less opportunity for spam. However, many of the features of Windows Vista (performance tuneups, easier home networking) are more than adequate for what the 'average' home computer user needs and therefore I am not 100% convinced that most of us will receive tremendous value from this (which might be one of the reasons that, with the current rebate, you can get this software for free).
MR
 Couldn't Wait to Uninstall It! Made the Computers Slow Down to a Snail's Pace! March 12, 2008
christinemm (Connecticut, United States)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I received this program through the Amazon Vine program. It came with a license to use it on three computers. My husband and I were both impressed with what the program said it could do. It sounded too good to be true. We installed it on two desktop PCs and one laptop.
All the computers were slowed down to a snail's pace. Starting up the computer took at least three minutes (and seemed like a lifetime). Opening each program took so long, minutes to open an application! Opening my (popular) email application and waiting for the download to happen took forever. The process by which it scans each email for viruses apparently takes a lot of time. To cope I'd end up opening the program, walking away and returning later to read the email.
Even using the computer doing simple tasks like changing to view the email program to use a word processing program was very difficult. I'd click on the other application and it would pause and nothing would move, then a minute or two later the screen would finally react. Flipping from one Internet browser to another would have long pauses and it `wouldn't go'. Before installing this program I could flip to different Internet browser windows with immediate results. Trying to open new programs such as a spreadsheet program took forever and the cursor didn't seem to react, so I'd click on the icon again. In the end sometimes I'd end up with three of the programs open and ready to run.
I had the worst experience with using a (popular) photo altering program. That program kept locking up.
The long time that it took to access different programs and to switch from viewing the Internet to the word processor made the most basic computer work painstaking and time consuming. It was ridiculous. I have not experienced a computer being this way since the early 1990s when I was accessing the Internet through dial-up! To cope with the computer being this way, I took to reading something on paper while I waited for the system to catch up so I could do whatever it was that I was trying to do.
Also when starting up the system each day I'd get an urgent message that there was a problem! Guess what `the problem' was? I had new documents that needed backing up. Give me a break--that is no urgent or emergency situation.
We were so happy to uninstall this from all of our computers. Now are computers are back to normal.
We did spend quite a lot of time installing this program and then uninstalling it. What a waste of time this was. I can't believe how poor this program is, I'm really surprised.
If I had paid money for this I'd be irate about it! I got it free from the Amazon Vine program so all that was wasted was our time.
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