Microsoft Windows XP Professional Upgrade [OLD VERSION]

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What Customers Say About Microsoft Windows XP Professional Upgrade [OLD VERSION]:

I would only buy this on a limited budget. Generally speaking, to get the best performance from any operating system a clean install of a full version is recommended. The best choice is to choose a full version of the product and enjoy the benefits of not being left with artifacts and leftover's of your previous operating system which can lead to instability in certain cases.

It is solid as a concrete highway without fast running water under it (in other-words, it does have its vulnerabilities), but far better than any other windows product out there. As much as I like Vista, and I do have Vista-64 on my media computer, I still like using XP-Pro on my work computer.

Don't buy anything from these people. The version of the software was an OEM version that was only valid when installed on a new computer direct from the manufacturer. It required a volume licensing agreement which a stand alone user would not have.Apparently this company was trying to pull a fast one.

If you are running Home Edition, I would recommend upgrading to XP Pro, if you can afford it. Review not necessary, outstanding product.

Microsoft has not acknowledged the problem, produced a KB article or a fix for this yet. Concensus seems to think this is due to a poorly designed/implemented remote desktop protocol -- apparently it does not handle fragmented packets.[Some have found changing the MTU size from 1500 to 1400 using a third party tool fixes it for them. I bought this upgrade specifically to use remote desktop -- however it does not work. My suggestion is to avoid this until at least XP sp3 is issued. However this did not work for me]. There are many reports on the web re. Remote desktop black/blank screen no login dialog box.I have used remote desktop on other machines & connections without problem but there is clearly a problem with many connections using the version in WindowsXP sp2.