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Windows XP Professional SP2C 1 Pack OEM (PC) | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft OEM Licence
Category: Software
Buy New: £109.15
New (2) from £109.15
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1541
Platform: Windows Xp Professional
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 6.5 x 2.3
Legal Disclaimer: Disclaimer: This OEM product is intended for system builders and may or may not be transferrable to another PC once it is installed. This product is for New and/or Fresh Installation and is NOT Retail nor Upgrade product. The purchaser of this product is required to comply with the terms of the System Builder license, including the responsibility of providing all end user support for the software.
MPN: E85-05040
Model: E85-05040
UPC: 882224580014
EAN: 0882224580014
ASIN: B000VQKUW6
Release Date: June 23, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/SP2 OEM
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| Customer Reviews:
 More flakes than a snow storm September 5, 2008
Jo Wharrier (Cumbria, UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Where to begin... basically don't. The only thing more flakey was the XP64 I bought a few weeks earlier. With only the OS loaded I got blue screens galore. Updates didn't and Windows live this that and the other fell over but then were impossible to remove. I expected it to be better than XP64 which was a nightmare but frankly the improvement was marginal. I am sure you get the picture by now. If you want a 64 bit OS then this is not it.
 Be Warned December 29, 2006
M. Levine (Pembrokeshire, Wales)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I was very disappointed in the 64-bit version and I should have known that if THE major on-line only manufacturer of 64-Bit (Intel/AMD) PC's do not ship (as of Nov 2006) this OS with their 64-bit processors then there must be a reason.
And there was. Make sure you have a 64-Bit version of your ethernet driver (if you are on broadband) or Modem (for dial-up) BEFORE you install this OS.
Whist setting the machine up to work with standard software like MS Office and business printers was no problem, home-based hardware drivers are more difficult to come by.
Whist the OS supports 32-Bit drivers, they do not work in many cases. This is why I feel most disappointed that MS did not get this one working correctly.
I have since downgraded back to 32-Bit OS, losing 1GB of usable memory as well (3GB is the most 32-bit OS's can use).
Why did I buy it??? November 7, 2006
Mr. J. B. Jehu (Shetland, UK)
18 out of 23 found this review helpful
I thought that this would go well with my new 4 machine network of AMD 64 machines. I do graphics, animations and astrodynamics so I need a lot of crunch. Drivers are nearly non-existant,the Office spelling checker won't work and neither does the networking, if you have a wireless connect to your modem. Networking works otherwise, sometimes, but you have to keep re-setting it up. All-in-all W2K is better, except that it is not 64bit. Can't win, NOT buying vista under any circumstances. Linux or something else first. I've had enough of being ripped!!!
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