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Is Windows XP meeting your expectations or causing you more exasperation than you bargained for?

Microsoft's latest operating system is now six months old, and most people would say that it's neither a failure nor a raging success. Although XP promised the latest and greatest multimedia, security and ease-of-use features available, many users have not yet upgraded, fearing the hefty system requirements and potential compatibility disasters inherent in a major OS upgrade.

Windows XP: time for the half-year anniversary report.

At the end of the day, some 17 million of us chose the XP route. Did we really get what we paid (quite a lot) for? Is XP really more stable and more secure? Does it support all of our hardware and software? Does it really have cool new features we can't live without? In honour of its half-year anniversary, we checked in on XP to see what major issues linger, if any, and what features you might be missing.

Windows XP: system requirements

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Windows XP: drivers

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Windows XP: Service Pack 1

Feature Microsoft has released details about its forthcoming service pack for Windows XP, and the free download will apparently show the first signs of the company's antitrust settlement with the Justice Department. Here’s a preview. [24 May 2002]

Windows XP: help

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Windows XP: problem programs

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Windows XP: bugs

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So if you upgrade to XP SP3 you can't uninstall Internet Explorer, I'm quite sure I'm having a Deja-vu feeling about MS preventing people from uninstalling Internet Explorer in other Windows products.