Customer Reviews

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3 for System Builders - 1 pack [Old Version]

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

My father who has a Dell laptop with Windows Vista on it, hated Vista and wanted Windows XP. It was a simple process to remove Vista and install XP. This is not an upgrade. This is the full version.

What people need to know and understand is what you are buying when you buy a builders system. You can not fail to do research on what you are buying and then be unhappy when it was not what you wanted and give it a poor rating. Then you are not rating the item, but your failure to have any idea what you just bought. The item is exactly what it says it is, Windows XP Operating System. It is not Windows XP Operating System AND all the drivers and programs you want and need. You will not have Microsoft Office, you will not even have access to the Internet because there are no drivers for your hardware installed yet. You will have to install it all yourself.

You have to know how to install drivers yourself. Google, will be your best friend.

After you have formatted any previous operating systems and installed this XP system over it, you will have a BLANK computer. You will not have any programs at all. You will not have any drivers for wireless cards, video cards, sound cards, chipsets, etc. You will have to go to the Internet on another computer, locate the correct (free) drivers for your hardware and then download the installation files onto something (CD-Rom, Flash drive, etc). Then plug them into your computer and extract/install them. Getting the Internet working first may work best so you can do the rest of the driver downloads from the computer you are working on.

You will have to do this same thing with all the graphics drivers and sound drivers. Until then, your computer screen will look funny and you will have no sound.

This version of Windows XP does not know what kind of mouse you are using, or what kind of sound card you have. You will have to find the drivers for all your computers hardware and download them to the computer. These drivers are available for free all over the Internet from the companies that manufactured them.

This item is exactly what it says it is and I have bought, installed and used it flawlessly. As long as you know how to install drivers, you should not have a problem with this.


Also I wanted to add....
It makes no sense that so many people made reviews on here about how they hate Windows and everyone should move to Mac or Linux. People should review the product for what it is. Not come on here and just post bad ratings because Windows is something they don't like. People trust reviews on here and by coming here and just giving something a 1 star, because you think something else is better, in no way helps anyone know anything about this Windows XP builders system. It would be like if Windows users gave negative reviews to Macs on Amazon just because it is not Windows. Grow up.

If you don't like Windows, don't buy it.
If you don't know what your buying, don't buy it.

If you want a fully functioning, LICENSED, OEM, version of Windows XP that has the product key right on the package....buy it.

This is a good deal for what it is. OEM os disk. Full version, not an upgrade, only good for a single system, at a reduced price. It is ment for system builders. I used it for my mac dual boot system.

Great product; used in a virtual machine running on a 15 inch Mac Book Pro. Updates and patches loaded no problem. Not much to say...it's Windows.

This was the worst purchase I ever made. I wasted the $80 or so on it. It
didn't come with an ID tag so my copy of Windows only worked for 30 days. I
tried to call Microsoft and Amazon to get an answer and solution and ended
up in voice mail hell. It's a shame, all I wanted was a simple copy of
Windows XP and I ended up with hours of frustration and now a copy of
Windows that can't be used.

It was a complete counterfeit, from the "certificate of authenticity" to the disc itself! I took a loss for the shipping back to the seller for the refund! Not even an apology from the seller.

Purchased Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition from an individual via Amazon.com. It was in the original box. Unfortunately the disk was defective as determined by a certified technician. E-mail to seller received no response. Probably won't buy similar products from individuals again.

I needed a simple, problem free OS for a grade schoolers PC and that's exactly what I got, works great.

this is the OEM version. you only get to install it on one machine. once you use the activation key, you can never use it again. and microsoft won't offer technical support either. that's why it's so cheap. the only way you can ever re-install it is if your hard drive crashes or your motherboard stops working for some reason. then you can call microsoft and convince them you're not lying. you might have to take it to a repair shop and have them call. this is the price you pay for getting windows so cheap. i gave it one star because windows just sucks, not because this specific iteration is a bad buy relative to other versions. windows in general is a bad buy. i wrote this to clear up the confusion that the other two reviews cause. get a mac and you won't have to worry about any of this bull hockey.

BUYER BEWARE!!!! I did not know what OEM System Builder was when I bought the Windows XP Home Edition "OEM System Builder Pack" and now I have an "UNOPENED" package I can't use. No License. OH SURE I CAN BUY AN OEM LICENSE FROM MICROSOFT!!!! GEES!

It came in a microsoft wrapper but I goofed up and tryed to reinstall it but was told I used up all my installs and had to call in to microsoft . I have allways got 4 installs on same code with sp-1 & sp-2 so this one had been used 3 times befor I got it or sp-3 will only let you install it 1 time.