Compare Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 (SP2) Upgrade Version for PC (N09-00985) to Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2b (SP2b) Full Version OEM for PC (N09-02142)

With Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2, you get safer browsing and communication, powerful security tools, and improved experiences. Packed with multimedia features, Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 aims to unlock the full potential of your personal computer. It also looks great, with rounded window corners, larger and more detailed icons, and a clean-look desktop. Windows XP is more customizable than previous versions, including its visual themes that let you change the whole appearance of Windows in an instant. Fast User Switching is a neat feature for computers used by more than one person--it lets another user log on without killing the previous user's session, and when you switch back, running applications and open documents are as you left them. This is impressive, but what really counts is that XP understands how to deal with multiple users. Each user has their own special folders, such as My Documents, which cannot be seen by other users. Less

Windows XP Home Edition—complete with Service Pack 2—is designed exclusively for home computing. Whether you’re working with digital photos, music, or video, or building a home network, Windows XP innovations bring you into the digital age with ease. Less