Windows XP Professional English/Multilanguage Upgrade (Includes Software Assurance)
- Admin Fee:
- $8.00 USD
- Partner:
- Microsoft
- Platform:
- Windows
- Product ID:
- LS-2326
- Media:
- CD-ROM by request
Media available only if requested at check-out
- Availability:
- Discontinued
Description
This is an upgrade product. To install this operating system, you must have a valid license that is not in use on another computer for one of these operating systems: Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows XP Home Edition.
The Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack is designed for multilingual work environments; it allows administrators or users to specify the language of the user interface as any of the 33 supported languages: German, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Dutch, Brazilian, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Russian, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Portuguese, Turkish, Greek, Slovak, Slovenian, Romanian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Thai.
Included with the software is Windows XP Service Pack 2, which provides all-in-one access to the most up-to-date drivers, tools, security updates, patches, and customer-requested product changes. Windows XP SP2 focuses on security. It offers better protection against viruses, hackers, and worms, and includes Windows Firewall, Pop-up Blocker for Internet Explorer, and the new Windows Security Center.
Acquiring the Installation Media and License Key:
Installing this product requires installation media and a license key. Installation media will be shipped to you free of charge, but only if you request it during check-out. If you don't already have the media, answer Yes when prompted during the check-out process.
The license key allows you to use the installation media to install the product on as many computers as you have received donations for. This quantity is specified in the donation email sent to your organization email address after your eligibility has been verified and your administrative fee has been received. For information about obtaining the license key, see question 5.2 of the Microsoft Software Donation Programs FAQ.
Features
- Under the Software Assurance program, customers acquire the right to install any new release of products covered in the agreement during the term of their coverage.
- Wireless networking support makes connecting with wireless networks easy.
- Advanced performance / multitasking
- Remote desktop allows you to remotely access your desktop computer from another computer running Windows 95 or later.
- Remote assistance allows you to have a friend or IT professional with Windows XP remotely control your computer to demonstrate a process or help solve a problem.
- Encrypting file system help protect your documents.
- System restore and roll-back helps troubleshoot changes.
System Requirements
- Hardware:
- 300-MHz-or-higher processor (single or dual processor system); Intel Pentium/Celeron family, AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible recommended
- 64 MB RAM; 128 MB or higher recommended (the 64 MB minimum supported may limit performance and some features)
- 1.5 GB available hard-disk space
- 115 MB hard-disk space for every additional language installed; an additional 250 MB for each Asian language installed
- 800x600-pixel or higher-resolution display
- Additional items or services required for additional features:
- For some Internet functionality — a Microsoft .NET Passport account and a 14.4-Kbps or higher-speed modem
- For networking — network adapter appropriate for the type of local-area, wide-area, wireless, or home network you want to connect to and access to an appropriate network infrastructure; access to third-party networks may require additional charges
- For instant messaging, voice and videoconferencing, and application sharing, both parties need a Microsoft .NET Passport account and Internet access or a Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server instant messaging account and network access (some configurations may require download of additional components)
- For voice and videoconferencing, both parties also need: 33.6-Kbps or higher-speed modem, or a network connection; microphone and sound card with speakers or headset
- For videoconferencing, both parties also need a videoconferencing camera and Windows XP
- For application sharing, both parties also need: 33.6-Kbps or higher-speed modem or a network connection; Windows XP
- For remote assistance, both parties must be running Windows XP and be connected by a network
- For remote desktop — Windows 95 or later and a network connection between the two machines
- For sound — sound card; speakers or headphones
- For DVD video playback — DVD-ROM drive; DVD decoder card or DVD decoder software; 8 MB video RAM
- For Windows Movie Maker Video capture feature — appropriate digital or analog video capture device; 400-MHz-or-higher processor for digital video camera capture
Restrictions
- Occasionally, TechSoup Stock updates the organization types used for organization registration to better reflect and support the giving priorities of our product donors and the major activities of various charitable and nonprofit organizations. See how the changes might affect your organization.
- Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying organizations and libraries only, not to individuals.
- Nonprofits and public libraries are eligible to participate in the Microsoft Software Donation Programs.
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Nonprofit organizations:
To qualify, an organization must be a nonprofit with valid 501(c)(3) status.
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Public libraries:
Public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database.
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Public libraries:
Qualified public libraries may request Microsoft software donations through this program for public access computers only (donated software may not be used for back-office or other administration purposes, unless the public computers are on a shared network which also hosts the personal computers of library staff). Participating libraries must also make their collection and basic services available to the population of their legal service area without charges to individual users (excluding incidental fees such as printing charges). If they so choose, libraries may impose charges on users outside the legal service area, and may provide products and services (beyond basic services), to the public at large, with or without individual charges.
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- Each qualified nonprofit or public library may request up to six titles, and up to 50 licenses per title per two-year period.
- For server titles, one server license per title and up to 50 Client Access Licenses (CALs) may be requested (i.e. customers may not order two copies of the same server title).
- Server licenses with accompanying CALS will — together — count as two separate titles towards the six-title limit.
- Customers may order additional licenses of software titles that they already received through TechSoup Stock (as part of their previous order within the two-year ordering cycle). This is true even if the current title is an upgraded version of the original software. Such orders will not count against the 6-title limit. However, the total number of licenses requested for this title (between the two orders) may not exceed 50.
- Each nonprofit or public library will be eligible to make one donation request for Microsoft products and licenses each year through TechSoup Stock (i.e. an organization that ordered 10/1/04 may place a new order 10/1/05). Though charities and nonprofits may order twice (once per year) within a two-year period, the combined total of products ordered in a two-year period may not exceed six titles and 50 user licenses per title (or one server license per server title). Once two years have passed since an organization's original order, these limits will be reset (e.g. a customer that placed an order on 10/1/04 may order six new titles and 50 licenses per title (or one license per server title) on 10/1/06).
- In conjunction with the release of the Windows 7 operating system on October 22, 2009, nonprofits and public libraries might be able to place an extra donation request for Windows 7 or Windows Vista. This request can be placed only from October 22, 2009, through January 31, 2010. Read the details.
- Donations will be fulfilled using Microsoft Open Licensing. This means that boxed (full packaged) products and paper licenses will not be shipped to organizations and libraries through this program. Instead, an e-mail will arrive with an authorization number for approved requests and directions to go to a Microsoft Web page to download licensing agreements. Software media (CDs) will be sent directly from Microsoft via air mail.
- Each order must include a minimum of five "seats." For most products, each license counts as a single seat. However, products that support multiple devices or users count as five seats, and thus fulfill the five-seat requirement on their own. More information about the five-seat minimum is available in the Microsoft Program FAQ.
- Requests for the special extra donation of Windows 7 or Windows Vista placed from October 22, 2009, through January 31, 2010, need not include five seats.
- The donation granted through TechSoup Stock will enable nonprofits to fill additional needs for Microsoft products or licenses at specially discounted rates through Microsoft's Charity Reseller Channel, without being subject to normal charity order minimums. Public libraries without 501(c)(3) status are not eligible for this program benefit.
- Microsoft may, at its sole discretion, provide "functionally equivalent" substitute product(s) for any request or order.
- Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
- Microsoft products may not be transferred or resold. Additionally, Microsoft products may not be installed on computers that will be given to or sold to other organizations or individuals.