Dee
December 6th 03, 01:39 PM
BIll,
Sounds very familiar except I had Dell's installed ME and
never was happy. When me hard drive crashed they sent me
a new hard drive and I purchased XP from Dell. What they
fail to tell you is they only support the install version
of the software regardless of if you bought it from
them. We are having trouble with the XP multiple users
accounts and Outlook express. Good luck
dee
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a Dell PC that came with Windows ME and later
>upgraded to XP. This worked fine for two years, but now
>the hard drive has crashed and is about to be
replaced.
>After a couple of crashes and reloading XP, (before the
HD
>died for good) Dell support suggested I get the XP Home
>Edition Complete, so I don't have to reload ME, then
>upgrade to XP each time.
>
>Questions - does this XP HE Complete come with Internet
>Explorer and Outlook Express, or something similar? I
>hope so, because Dell Software sales said I would need
MS
>Office for XP ($350+) to have these capabilities. I
know
>the lawyers hit MS up for bundling software, but it is
is
>ridiculous for me to have to pony up mucho dinero for
>something I have free now. Thanks a lot - legal eagles!
>
>Does any of this sound right - Can I keep what I have,
pay
>199 for XP HE Complete, or pay 199+350 for the OS and
the
>Office software (btw, I don't need any of the Office
>products).
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>- Bill
>
>.
>
Sounds very familiar except I had Dell's installed ME and
never was happy. When me hard drive crashed they sent me
a new hard drive and I purchased XP from Dell. What they
fail to tell you is they only support the install version
of the software regardless of if you bought it from
them. We are having trouble with the XP multiple users
accounts and Outlook express. Good luck
dee
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a Dell PC that came with Windows ME and later
>upgraded to XP. This worked fine for two years, but now
>the hard drive has crashed and is about to be
replaced.
>After a couple of crashes and reloading XP, (before the
HD
>died for good) Dell support suggested I get the XP Home
>Edition Complete, so I don't have to reload ME, then
>upgrade to XP each time.
>
>Questions - does this XP HE Complete come with Internet
>Explorer and Outlook Express, or something similar? I
>hope so, because Dell Software sales said I would need
MS
>Office for XP ($350+) to have these capabilities. I
know
>the lawyers hit MS up for bundling software, but it is
is
>ridiculous for me to have to pony up mucho dinero for
>something I have free now. Thanks a lot - legal eagles!
>
>Does any of this sound right - Can I keep what I have,
pay
>199 for XP HE Complete, or pay 199+350 for the OS and
the
>Office software (btw, I don't need any of the Office
>products).
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>- Bill
>
>.
>