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Manufacturer: Microsoft
Platforms: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
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“Piracy pirates”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Sickov_Anti-service on 11/09/2013

Dear colleagues, if you have been recently screwed by an individual who sold you a version of Microsoft Windows and it turned out to be counterfeit, do NOT send to Microsoft piracy centre in Ireland!! I sent EVERY piece of information they asked for on their website. They made me wait an entire month before telling me they require the original key code. This would only be found within the counterfeit version of Windows on the laptop I purchased. Of course after an entire MONTH, one reloads Windows XP on the laptop, as Its a present for my father, who immediately saw the 'Counterfeit software' messages popping up and freaked out. NOW they want the code, now it's been over-written. Microsoft Piracy REFUSE to send out a replacement version of Windows 7 - I am now out of pocket by £40, plus the time, effort and expense of sending the Windows 7 disk back to them in Ireland. But that's not all! I get an email today stating that if I'd held onto the software, I could have called Microsoft and got a VALID CODE!!!!!  I will never purchase your software again. I'll just copy it for free.

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Duke_Nukem's Response to Sickov_Anti-service's Review

Written on: 29/11/2013

Is this about XP or Windows 7? One thing is certain : never trust Microsoft.

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Sickov_Anti-Service's reply to Duke_Nukem's Comment

Written on: 30/11/2013

Duke,

its was supposed to be about microsoft; don't know how i got the xp heading! sorry.

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“DON'T send anything to Microsoft Piracy in Ireland!”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Sickov_Anti-service on 04/12/2012

Dear colleagues, if you have been recently screwed by an individual who sold you a version of Microsoft Windows and it turned out to be counterfeit, do NOT send to Microsoft!! I sent EVERY piece of information they asked for on their website. They made me wait an entire month before telling me they require the original key code. This would only be found within the counterfeit version of Windows on the laptop I purchased. Of course after an entire MONTH, one reloads Windows XP on the laptop, as Its a present for my father, who immediately saw the 'Counterfeit software' messages popping up and freaked out. NOW they want the code, now it's been over-written. Microsoft Piracy REFUSE to send out a replacement version of Windows 7 - I am now out of pocket by £40, plus the time, effort and expense of sending the Windows 7 disk back to them in Ireland. But that's not all! I get an email today stating that if I'd held onto the software, I could have called Microsoft and got a VALID CODE!!!!! You bunch of two-faced, lying fecking t*ssers, Microsoft; I will never purchase your software again. I'll just copy it for free.

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“Best OS ever made by Microsoft”

★★★★★

written by ScarlettKing on 15/04/2012

I can't imagine why they introduced Windows 7 when XP dominate the market.But still XP is the Best

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Duke_Nukem's Response to ScarlettKing's Review

Written on: 29/11/2013

They introduced it, obviously, to get people to pay for another new operating system. As software does not wear out, they were in danger of never selling anything again. That is also why Microsoft now prevent you from loading their software onto a further PC after the original one breaks down, for example.

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“Microsoft Windows XP”

★★★★★

written by cheburashka1 on 12/11/2011

The best operating system in the world! The best operating system in the world!

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“Windows XP has always been my friend. Even after...”

★★★★★

written by ThomasRosen on 22/04/2011

Windows XP has always been my friend. Even after trying Windows Vista and Windows Seven I was back to Windows XP again. Yes it's old, but for my old computer it's perfect to run.

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“Windows XP (Professional) ”

★★★★★

written by Howie24290 on 12/07/2010

Windows XP (Professional)

Ironically I bought this on the day that Windows 7 was released, to replace the supplied Vista and my installation of Windows 2000 Pro on my laptop. ( Don't listen to the "experts" - it's easy to install older systems over the newer ones if your IQ is approaching treble figures, even easier if you have a second machine available if you lose some odd boot files ). An OEM from digitalsunrise cost about £100 including postage to France.

The only reason for upgrading was that some later software won't run under 2000 but once you're used to XP it's even better than 2000 in most areas.

However we also have another laptop running XP Home. This OS is quite frustrating as it lacks a lot of the Pro stuff, particularly for networking and scripting.

I haven't even used a machine with 7 but Vista was an absolute disaster.

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“I've been using Windows XP home edition for years, in...”

★★★★★

written by Taylott on 17/11/2009

I've been using Windows XP home edition for years, in fact, as soon as it came out. I've even tried Vista and reverted back to XP. I don't know what it is, but I find XP to be more stable and robust. I like the "no gimmick" appeal it has compared to Vista. XP has never let me down, and I particularly like the layout and ease of navigation.

I have two PCs at home, and both run on XP. I use Vista at work, but unfortunately have no choice. One day I'll check out Windows 7, but until then, I'm going to stick with my trusty XP.

In summary, XP is a worthwhile upgrade from 95/98 or Windows 2000, and XP Home Edition should suffice for most, even for small businesses!

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“simply the best software to use and install i am...”

★★★★★

written by jasonx1 on 30/09/2009

simply the best software to use and install i am running xp home edtion with serive pack 2 (not keen on service pack 3) i tryed vista and i hate it waste off £60. with xp everything works with this software.

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“I have built 5 PC's in my time all with XP. I have...”

★★★★★

written by phaserfang on 07/07/2009

I have built 5 PC's in my time all with XP. I have worked with XP for 7/8 years or so. I find it is easy to set up, run and maintain. There are alot of people 80% i expect who dont know how personally configurable the OS is and if they did they wouldnt choose to upgrade to vista. It is an operating system which means XP sits in the background while you get on and wtire doc's, enhance photo's, clip videos, listen to music etc and will not ask like vista "do you really want to run that process" Its Eric clapton in the DVD drive and its firing up the software to run of course i want to run the process. Buy XP, bang on the door of MS and demand future support for the OS.

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“Well recommend Microsoft Windows XP, All in all it's...”

★★★★☆

written by on 27/10/2008

Well recommend Microsoft Windows XP, All in all it's the best Windows version ever in my opinion. Quite stable compared to any other version of Windows. Much faster than Vista I find. Easy to use. Only bad point for me is the security is a problem with default settings. It is not open source. Well recommended Operating System though!

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“Microsoft Windows XP is a reliable operating system...”

★★★★★

written by skiddie2003 on 17/01/2006

Microsoft Windows XP is a reliable operating system when comparing it to Windows 98. In Windows XP there are no blue screens when there are system errors. Also comparing to Windows 98, Windows XP rarely requires a computer reboot (even on a 6 year old computer with Windows XP upgrade).

The Windows update function is useful as it can be programmed to check for updates automatically. The updates provide security patches, and downloads for the hardware on your computer (in some cases).

The Windows XP new style, in my experience, is best viewed on a screen with a 1024 x 768 resolution. Some people may not like the new Windows XP style theme, but it can easily be changed by going into the display properties and changing the settings in the themes or appearance tab. The new Windows XP start menu design is better as it puts the programs that you mainly use on the start of the start menu.

The Windows XP operating system comes with good games such as 'Solitaire' and other games like '3D pinball'.

In Windows Explorer windows such as 'My Computer', and 'My Documents' to your left you have a menu called the 'task pane' which host tasks you want to do such as copying files.

The plug and play drivers integrated into Windows XP are excellent. A device such as a USB flash drive is just plug and play. You plug it into a USB port and within a few seconds it will appear as a drive in 'My Computer'. The plug and play feature in Windows XP is very good, but sometimes Windows XP does not have some USB drivers installed, so therefore the found new hardware wizard keeps flashing up when you are trying to install hardware, and occasionally you get messages such as USB device not recognised.

Depending on how a CD burner is configured, with Windows XP you can drag and drop files that you wish to burn to a CD-R or CD-RW into the CD burner drive folder/letter.

Other tasks such as add/removing programs are much easier as it is presented in a bigger more laid out way than Windows 98.

In Windows XP some of the run commands are different than Windows 98. In windows 98, to view a network assigned IP address it is winipconfig; in Windows XP you type cmd into run to start the command promt, and then when in command prompt you would type ipconfig or ipconfig/all (for a more detailed view). Sometimes in Windows XP I occasionally miss MS DOS. I Sometimes prefer DOS to command promt.

Overall Microsoft Windows XP is a better operating system than Windows 98. Currently my favourite operating system is Microsoft Windows XP, but if I was to ever purchase a operating system I would consider having Microsoft Windows XP Professional rather than Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition.

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Abdnray's Response to skiddie2003's Review

Written on: 19/02/2006

Microsoft advises that Windows XP Home edition is limited to 5 users, however, each of the six members of my family has a separate user account, in addition to Microsoft's default Administrator account and a Guest account.
Windows XP makes setting up a home wireless network simple, with setup wizards. Win XP is much easier to network with other PCs than Windows 2000 Professional, which continually asks for login details.

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“I upgraded my computer to Windows XP a while ago, and...”

★★★★★

written by OMEGAGODLY on 11/12/2005

I upgraded my computer to Windows XP a while ago, and I am very satisfied. XP has better security, more applications, and you can personalize a lot of different things with this software. I think they should lower the price of this because not everybody can afford a $200 operating system.

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“Microsoft Windows XP: I have read that there is no...”

★★★☆☆

written by shell1966 on 13/05/2005

Microsoft Windows XP: I have read that there is no difference between retail and OEM versions, this is not true as with OEM you can't download drivers from the internet, I purchased a laptop from Tiny with no disc, I reformatted with OEM version and couldn't as it kept coming up with errors, I purchased a full retail boxed version and have had no problems since and my laptop performs much better, there is a marked difference between the two.

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Abdnray's Response to shell1966's Review

Written on: 19/02/2006

Some branded OEM editions of Windows XP expect that the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer - eg. Dell, Compaq, HP, Gateway, etc) will provide primary support such as unique drivers, support software, etc. However, Microsoft can supply 'signed' drivers for most equipment via the Windows Automatic Update portal on their website.
DSM versions of Windows XP OEM software are OEM copies that are not brand-specific. Consequently, full Windows XP support is available from the Microsoft website.
OEM prices are around half of those for retail versions. For most users the OEM copies are adequate.

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“I found on first instaling it that Microsoft Windows...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by borrowed lab monkey on 03/02/2004

I found on first instaling it that Microsoft Windows XP looked like the Operating System we've been promised by Microsoft since Win 95. After 4 hours of instaling hotfixes, patches and othe security updates (shades of Win98 stability?) i couldnt get my most important pieces of software to load, MS office XP and Norton System Works 2004 Pro. The problem? One of the 60 some patches turned out to be the culprit, though which one im not sure...
after a trip with fdisk and a reinstalation, i got the stuff to work without the patches with no problems. Then the real trouble started. Crash after crash, booting up after a proper shutdown and being informed that my system has'recovered from a serious error' and never being told what that error is or where to get more information was all too much for me. I liked the way it looked and it had cool support features like backward compatibility, but what good is that when you cant even use youre own computer for more than 2 hours because of persistant crashes? In short, im going back to Win 2000 as my client software OS and im not touching another MS product untill i absolutly have to.

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“Microsoft Windows XP has got to be the worst MS OS...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by JBG on 01/02/2004

Microsoft Windows XP has got to be the worst MS OS ever apparently pro version is slightly more stable, im going back to win 2000, you people may have only had XP for a few months, (it seems to get worse the longer it is on your PC i suppose this is because their are more programs on here now that could crash it) alternatively you may just be insane, if it were up to me I would not use a MS OS at all, but I need to run windows programs. DO NOT AQUIRE XP AND FOR GODS SAKE DONT BUY IT.

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Beevale's Response to JBG's Review

Written on: 04/02/2006

I have had absolutely no problems with XP Home and would recommend it without reservations!

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“I have windows XP Pro installed under NTFS. It just...”

★★★★★

written by Mac. on 23/07/2003

I have windows XP Pro installed under NTFS. It just has to be the best operating system from Microsoft yet. I cannot beleive how stable the system is. It just wont crash! And even on the rare occasion it does, only the problem application goes, not the whole damn system.

As an ex ME user, I was convinced that Microsoft did not know how to program. But now I have XP, Microsoft seemed to have redeemed themselves.

There is always room for improvement however, I have always belived that operating system files (windows & all its components) should not be stored on the hard drive, but be flashed into a ROM for faster startup. Also, microsoft should get rid of those old hat .dll .sys files. Take a leaf out of Apple Mac's Book. Microsoft, everything on a mac is hardware driven & requires no drivers (and they have been doing it for years)!!!

Maybe in the future, but I have to say somewhat reluctantly that this operating system make microsoft shine at the moment!

Better job Bill!!!

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“Someone above says that his scaner (3 years old...”

★★★★★

written by Sali. on 20/12/2002

Someone above says that his scaner (3 years old doesn't work) well I have 3-4 years old scaner and it works on XP with Win 2000 drivers. This is the most compatible OS from Microsoft ever. And full of multimedia support, such as digital cameras ...

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“My kids were constantly finding ways to throw our PC...”

★★★★☆

written by Don Juan. on 31/08/2002

My kids were constantly finding ways to throw our PC out of whack, causing crashes and leading to many OS re-installs. Microsoft Windows XP eliminated most of these problems, although my son can still bring things down from time to time. Also, allows for true multiple users so that I don't have to look at my daughters funky wallpaper.

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“I think Microsoft Windows XP OS is a very good product”

★★★★★

written by Master. on 04/04/2002

I think Microsoft Windows XP OS is a very good product

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Cdt.'s Response to 17999_Master.'s Review

Written on: 18/03/2003

NOT VERY DETAILED WASTE OF TIME

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“Microsoft Windows XP looks good and never crashes. You...”

★★★★★

written by TeriMaMadochod. on 02/04/2002

Microsoft Windows XP looks good and never crashes. You can still use DOS and will never have problems using the OS.

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Abdnray's Response to TeriMaMadochod.'s Review

Written on: 19/02/2006

It should be possible to run most incompatible devices or programs in 'compatible' mode with Windows XP.
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<br>Highlight the program or device from the "Programs" list, and click on it with your right mouse-button. From the next pull-down menu, click on "Properties". Then select the "Compatability" tab. Select which earlier Windows operating system that you want to run the program or device. Thereafter, the program or device will be run in a mode compatible with the program or device.
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<br>This is designed specifically to run older printers and scanners, or earlier versions of software (eg. early versions of CorelDraw, scanning programs, etc.)

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