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An Exciting New Look |
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Get Up and Running With The Latest Updates |
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Stay Connected With Friends and Family |
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Explore Your Creative Side with Photos and Videos |
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Music and Entertainment Just Got Better |
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Windows Movie Maker Makes It Easy and Fun |
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Try the Easiest Windows® Yet |
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Your Computer Will Be Faster and More Reliable |
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Easily Move Documents and Personal Settings To A New Computer |
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The first screen
that requires any user input in this phase is Regional and
Language Options. If you're using English and you do entry
via the keyboard the defaults will suit you fine. |
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Somehow, typing my
name and my company name doesn't exactly give me a warm fuzzy
sense of personalization, but that's what the Personalize
Your Software screen shown in Figure -- wants you to enter.
I guess you could give some bogus information if it sends a
little thrill through you to pull one over on Microsoft. |
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The screen
everybody loves to hate; the dreaded Your Product Key
screen. The XP installation process stops here if you don't have
one, so for those of you leaving at this point, have a good day. |
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What's Your
Computer's Name? sounds so childish, but nonetheless you
still need to provide a name. |
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Unless you prefer
to live in the past or future, Date and Time Settings
should be set current. |
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In Network
Settings, unless you have a good reason for selecting Custom
Settings, go with the Typical Settings. No matter how special
you might think your setup is, in most cases it will function
perfectly well with the typical settings. |
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Create A Personal Computing Experience |
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Connect To The Web |
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Surfing the Internet; Safe, Fast, and Flexible |
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Have More Fun With Games |
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Connect Your Computers With Easy Home Networking |
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Record A CD As Easily As Saving Information To A Floppy Disk |
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Rely On Windows® For Dependable Home Computing |
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Get Support for the Programs and Devices You Use at Home |
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Stay Up To Date |
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Experience the Ultimate in Safety, Security, and Privacy |
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Be Assured of Greater Accessibility |
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Now It's Easier To Get Help -- And To Help Others ! |
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Enjoy Using Windows® XP! |
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