Microsoft Windows XP Professional FULL VERSION with SP2 | 
| From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $299.99
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Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 24
Format: Cd-rom
Color: 1-user
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Full Version with SP2
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.8 x 1.9
nv:Software Type: Operating Systems
MPN: e85-02665
Model: E85-02665
UPC: 805529831278
EAN: 0805529831278
ASIN: B00022PTI4
Release Date: September 28, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Automatically keep your PC up-to-date with the latest security enhancements including the Windows Security Center, Windows Firewall. | | • | Windows XP Professional provides rich, wireless network support, helping you simply and easily connect to wireless networks whether in your home, office, or out on the road. | | • | Quickly set up and connect all the computers, printers, devices, and an Internet connection in your home with the all new Network Setup Wizard. | | • | Encrypting File System provides an additional level of file protection from hackers and data theft by transparently encrypting files with a randomly generated key. | | • | Clean, simple design of Windows XP Professional puts the features you use most often at your fingertips, helping you find them quickly. |
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Amazon Product Description
With Windows XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 2, you get safer browsing and communication, powerful security tools, and improved experiences. Windows XP is the operating system release that unifies the Microsoft range, with all the desktop versions now built on the NT/2000 code base rather than the shakier foundation of Windows 95, 98, and Me. That makes XP a great upgrade for users of the now-obsolete 9x and Me line, but for those already on Windows 2000 Professional it is a closer call. Despite the similar name, there is no special synergy between Windows XP and Office XP, which works fine on Windows 2000. | 
The Security Center lets you check the status of your essential security settings. | XP certainly looks different, with rounded window corners, larger and more detailed icons, and a clean-look desktop that on first installation shows only the taskbar and Recycle Bin. XP is also more customizable than earlier versions of Windows, and includes visual themes that let you change the whole appearance of Windows in an instant. That is the window-dressing, but underneath are some significant improvements. One of the most interesting is Remote Desktop. A standard XP feature, this uses technology from Microsoft Terminal Server to enable users to access their computer over any connection; for example, by dialing into the office from home. This is not just file access--this technology lets you run applications remotely as if you were sitting at your desk at work. This is mature technology, stable and carefully thought out. So, for example, you can print from a remote word processor to a local printer. A variation on the theme is Remote Assistance, where the user can allow a remote helper to view their desktop, or optionally gain control of the keyboard and mouse, in order to troubleshoot a problem. The feature can also be disabled to ease security concerns. |
| Laptop users benefit from enhanced power management, with options to extend battery life by reducing CPU speed and display brightness. IrDA support has been fixed so that, unlike Windows 2000, Windows XP can easily use modems in mobile telephones via infrared. A new screen font, ClearType, improves legibility for laptop or other flat screens, and there is built-in support for wireless networking using the popular 802.11 standard. A great feature of XP, also found in Windows 2000, is the ability to synchronize network files with offline copies. Previously, these files could not be stored securely, but now they can be encrypted. | 
The Information Bar in Windows XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 2 notifies you when it blocks ActiveX control or active content and then lets you decide what to do.
| For Web browsing, XP comes with Internet Explorer 6.0. The enhancements in IE 6.0 are mainly of interest to Web developers, and in any case Microsoft makes IE freely available to all Windows users. Although Java is not installed by default, it is not difficult to download a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Windows Messenger, originally a chat client, has evolved into a collaboration tool that allows for video conferencing and application sharing. 
Service Pack 2 allows users to instruct Internet Explorer how to handle downloads from a specific publisher | The most significant new feature for Internet users is the built-in firewall. A firewall protects against one of the most disturbing security risks, in which other users unknown to you might connect to your computer while it is online, reading private files or causing other damage. XP's built-in firewall is a simple affair, but it does prevent most types of unauthorized connection. Windows XP has strong multimedia features. The new Media Player lets you copy music from CD to hard disk, create your own playlist, and write your own music CDs if you have a CD writer. Although there is loss of quality as a result of compression, the process is easy and convenient. Media Player 8.0 can play back DVD video, but only if a hardware or software DVD decoder is already installed. You can also play MP3 audio files and MPEG videos, but sadly, not the popular RealMedia formats. In the end, Media Player does nothing that you cannot also do with free alternatives, but it is slick and nicely integrated. | The XP user interface is not a radical departure from earlier versions of Windows, but there are a number of small changes that together add up to a significant improvement. The Start menu now automatically features the most frequently used programs at the top of the list, and you can add and remove shortcuts by right-clicking the icon and selecting Pin or Unpin from the pop-up menu. Windows online help is integrated into a Help and Support Center that works like an internal Web site, with searchable help, tutorials, and walk-throughs. Windows XP Professional includes all the features of Windows XP Home, and adds support for dual processors, encryptable file systems, offline folders, the Remote Desktop as described above, and extra administration features that come into play when connected to a Windows server domain. XP is demanding on hardware, and it would be a mistake to install it on less than Microsoft's recommended minimum requirements. There is also activation to consider, a mildly annoying anti-piracy measure that requires you to obtain a code from Microsoft for full installation, and in the future if you reinstall or make major system changes. Windows XP Service Pack 2 Features | Internet Explorer Pop-up Blocker | Makes browsing the Internet more enjoyable by enabling you to reduce unwanted ads and content. | | Internet Explorer download monitoring | Warns you about potentially harmful downloads and gives you the option to block files that could be malicious. | | Internet Explorer Information Bar | Provides better information about events that are happening as you browse the Web, so it’s easier to know what’s going on and address potential security issues. | | Windows Security Center | Allows you to easily view your security status and manage key security settings in one convenient place. | | Windows Firewall update | Automatically turned on by default, this improved firewall helps protect Windows XP from viruses, worms, and other security threats that can spread over the Internet. | | Improved wireless support | Dramatically improves and simplifies the process of discovering and connecting to wireless networks. | | Bluetooth technologies | Enables you to easily connect to the latest Bluetooth-enabled hardware devices such as keyboards, cell phones, and PDAs. | | Windows Media Player 9 Series | Makes it easy to enjoy music, video, and broadband content with enhanced security. |
Product Description
Windows XP Pro is the ideal new solution for your business and advanced home computing needs. Service Packs round up the bug fixes and product updates you need for operating more smoothly. This Service Pack bridges the gaps between the original software and user requests more fully, responding to customer wishes -- and making XP even better. Security Center offers a central control system for your Windows XP security -- work with the firewalls, auto updates and antivirus tools Great news for people sick of pop-up ads - The built-in pop-up blocker controls them, with a new submenu and status bar icons New Add-Ons manager gives you instant access to all the Browser Helper Objects and extensions, enabling and disabling them easily Firewall now has its own control panel, for customizing firewall setting to suit any connection Enhancements to the Windows Update service make installing new updates easy -- you can even choose which ones to install Wireless Networking - Multiple wireless connections to choose from
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 Runs great, on a Macintosh April 20, 2006
Reviewed By A (Duluth, GA USA)
33 out of 35 found this review helpful
I recently bought this version of Windows XP on Amazon.com after the release of Apple's Boot Camp. I printed out the installation instructions and followed the meticulously after setting up my new Macintosh. I then installed this software, installed antivirus (and other software like Office, Publisher, Visio, SimCity), and I updated the Windows OS. Everything operates as well as on my old pc, except it runs A LOT FASTER. I have a mac with 1 gig ram, dual-core intel processor, and a mammoth harddrive (4 times bigger than my Compaq), and I can access the corporate intranet, LiveMeeting, and other apps with so much ease. When I am done, I reboot and I am back to my Mac. Give it a whirl. It is awesome!
Macintosh hardware April 3, 2007
Timothy Evans (Washington, DC)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought XP after Vista was released because I want Windows on my iMac,a and Apple doesn't yet support Vista. It was slightly annoying, because a bluetooth keyboard (connected to built-in bluetooth, not USB) cannot support setup. Plus, I contacted Microsoft for support, and they claim they don't support Macintosh hardware. Stupid, it works perfectly, there was just one small kink. It is very cool that Windows runs on my Macintosh hardware.
All these complaints are unbelivable. XP is the best windows version ever. November 17, 2005
Deano (Massachusetts)
36 out of 46 found this review helpful
Windows XP is by far the best OS Microsoft has produced besides Windows 2000. I cannot understand some of these reviews I am reading. As a computer technician, I have been repairing computers since the days of DOS 2.
I have several office computers all running Windows XP. 1 server running Windows 2000, and 7 servers running Linux, and 1 computer running Mac OSX. So I have worked with them all.
People are claiming windows is less secure than other operating systems. Well, that is simply not true. Mac and Linux have just as many security updates as windows does, and in fact, Linux releases more fixes than Microsoft does for windows. A fully updated OS is very secure, and there have been televised hacker challenges to prove it.
I will give the reviewers this, Microsoft's products cost way too much. That I cannot argue with.
What makes Windows seem more vulnerable than other OS's is simply the fact that it is more widely used than any other OS. Now if Linux for instance had the larger market share, then the hacker, virus and Spyware makers would be targeting it instead of Windows. It is really nothing more than that.
Windows XP is a resource hog. I will give the reviewers that. So it obviously requires a newer computer to run it.
Statistics show that a Windows based computer will get attacked within minutes of connecting it to the internet. So obviously the first thing that needs to be done is patch it. If that is ignored, then you will have problems with it very quickly.
Any problems that people are having I am willing to bet are all related to the fact that the computer was put onto the internet without patching it.
But Linux and Mac need to be patched also, and ignoring them will result in the same problems. It will just take longer for it to happen. And that goes back to what I said about the market share of the OS, and its popularity. When that shifts to a different OS, if it ever does, the same thing will happen to that OS.
So stop blaming the OS. Blame yourself. Lack of knowledge of the dangers of the Internet, and plain laziness are the real cause of the problems. Not the OS.
Pleased! February 16, 2008
Robert E. Mckenzie (Redding CA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am pleased with Windows XP as I had tried Vista and that system would not run several of my programs and hardware. I do photographic work with scanners and also use digital cameras. Xp works with all of it so I would recommend that operating system currently. As far as Vista is concerned, several hardware makers have not produced drivers for their products so you cannot run them with Vista!
Millions of times better than VISTA!!!! March 19, 2008
Kelly Eriks (Chicago, IL)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can't believe I never left a review for XP. XP is the best OS there has been. Windows ME comes close. And I'm sure, if you are a total computer guru, you will say Linex is. But we are talking Microsoft. The most general. KEEP your XP people. Microsoft is doing the Vista change-over just to make their billions of dollars again! With Vista requires all new software and new hardware. You can stretch this XP out until the new OS comes out after Vista! Just like many did for the Windows 98. Anyhow, XP has been the best software for me. Far less problems of missing files and unusual errors compared to any other Microsoft OS in the past. Just remember, to download Firefox people! Internet Explorer - created by Microsoft, has WAY too many holes in it. Protect yourself with Firefox!! and BOOOO to Vista!!!!!
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