Windows XP home edition purchase

thezster said: "I'm going to upgrade my old computer for my daughter and want to buy Windows XP home edition for it... Anyone have any experience buying off of E-bay or similar - which requires the seller also selling a piece of junk hardware so you can tell Microsoft that you had to reconfigure your computer? I know it's a "way around" the normal licensing process.... and much cheaper - but is it worth the hassle?? Or should I just go out and buy the retail pack for a couple hundred bucks....??"

Rbreb13 said: "Z, I have a full version XP Home. Unopened and never used. Make me an offer!"

thezster said: "[QUOTE=Rbreb13]Z, I have a full version XP Home. Unopened and never used. Make me an offer![/QUOTE] I dunno... I'm about to go shopping now... I think the upgrade version is around $89 - and the full blown is around $199... I've got Windows 2000 on the unit now... so I'm thinking I'm looking at around the $89 price.... (not trying to get a deal, I just don't know right now).... What you want for it?"

Rbreb13 said: "If you can do an upgrade, I'd go for it. You can do a clean install with an upgrade copy. Just install XP like normal and at some point it'll ask you for the disk of your previous OS. It just needs to verify you qualify for the upgrade copy. A clean install is much more stable than trying to install over the top of 2000. I'd take $150 for it. Its Service Pack 1 version. I've had it for awhile."

Rickster said: "One of you hackers correct me if I am wrong, but wouldnt he be better to go with XP pro since he now has 2000?"

thezster said: "Won't matter now... I just bought XP at a bargain basement price from Rbreb...... Keep in mind... this is for a 3 year olds computer (not a 3 year old computer)....."

Rbreb13 said: "[QUOTE=Rickster]One of you hackers correct me if I am wrong, but wouldnt he be better to go with XP pro since he now has 2000?[/QUOTE]Home will be just fine for the munch. She won't need all the features of Pro. In fact, Home will be much more user friendly to someone that young."

bigmike said: "Good point thezster, for a three year old I would defintely recommend XP Home instead of office since it is an easier envirment to work with and to control what she can and cannot go onto. XP Pro is made more for teens and people that are using their computers on the go, for business or for school and need to have a very secure network and be able to access Wi-FI."

Pb3190 said: "3 year old? Wow... I did not really start to use a computer until I was about 11 or so, and did not get my own until 17. Care to adopt me? :th_coolio:"

thezster said: "lol... Little booger has a nightly routine of playing with Mom/Dad on the Noggin web site.... seems she is paying close attention.... I was in the basement working with her watchin the tube... then suddenly she was gone.... I found her on the computer in my office... somehow she had found her favorite web site - was playing games and printing out some of the "computer painting" that is on the site... I was astounded... So, I turned it off and made her start over... She did it again... Time to get her her own computer so she won't mess up mine when she makes a mistake and gets frustrated(starts pounding the keyboard) - opening programs all over the place.. and such. Her unit is a 5 year old Dell - still pretty strong unit - but it's been in my basement collecting dust....."

Pb3190 said: "I guess you can't leave your broker account up on the computer with her home then... The HP desktop my parents use is from 2000, my sister has one from 2003, and I got lucky with my new laptop. As far as word processing and internet, the older computers are no better than mine. I actually like the Microsoft Office 2003 better than the 2007. I guess I don't like change."

Wangberg said: "[QUOTE=thezster]lol... Little booger has a nightly routine of playing with Mom/Dad on the Noggin web site.... seems she is paying close attention.... I was in the basement working with her watchin the tube... then suddenly she was gone.... I found her on the computer in my office... somehow she had found her favorite web site - was playing games and printing out some of the "computer painting" that is on the site... I was astounded... So, I turned it off and made her start over... She did it again... Time to get her her own computer so she won't mess up mine when she makes a mistake and gets frustrated(starts pounding the keyboard) - opening programs all over the place.. and such. Her unit is a 5 year old Dell - still pretty strong unit - but it's been in my basement collecting dust.....[/QUOTE] haha... i can only imagine the horrors of her being punished for X, then her promptly buying up hundreds of thousands of dollars of NEWC.:roll:"

thezster said: "[QUOTE=Wangberg]haha... i can only imagine the horrors of her being punished for X, then her promptly buying up hundreds of thousands of dollars of NEWC.:roll:[/QUOTE] Now that's a scary thought.... I better put some sort of lock on this system..... NEVER underestimate a 3 year old...."