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Microsoft Windows Live OneCare
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$19.95 - $49.94
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Overall Rating
5 Star Review
Reviewed by: WILEY
Updated:05-30-08
Duration of ownership:1 Months
Strengths: This program is free at amazon with mail in rebate
Weaknesses: none
Overall Evaluation: see previous reveiw
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2 Star Review
Reviewed by: ethomas0206
Updated:04-23-08
Duration of ownership:2 Weeks
Strengths: Easy to use and configure, complete set of security tools
Weaknesses: CPU usage
Overall Evaluation: I downloaded the free trial of One Care to evaluate on my backup computer. It is a Pentium 3 800 mhz with 384 mb of ram, which is within the system requirements for OneCare. The program slowed the computer dramatically and often caused lockups. It took way too much time to load a simple program or go online. When I checked task manager it indicated the OneCare process was routinely using 80-100& of the cpu capability. In addition, running the tune up function took over 24 hours. Once I uninstalled ONe Care the computer operations returned to normal. The program may run better on a more powerful computer, but I was disappointed.
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Overall Rating
5 Star Review
Reviewed by: tech441
Updated:03-19-08
Duration of ownership:1 Months
Strengths: Great offers from MicroSoft
Weaknesses: Making you have to remove a number of your progarms...like Zone Alarm pro...Norton System Works...Adaware ..etc.
Overall Evaluation: No way...any program that makes you remove others to use it..is TRASH in my book.
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5 Star Review
Reviewed by: wimaleven
Updated:12-31-07
Duration of ownership:3 Months
Strengths: It does what is promises, automatically and without hassles. Auto backup to an external HD is a peace of cake. 1 click does the work.
Weaknesses: None found yet. No missing mails or whatsoever.
Overall Evaluation: Before you buy you may use it 90 days for free! Buying online and installing it with licenses for 3 PCs is a pleasure. You don't notice it's there until the task-bar icon turns orange to tell you there is some problem. If you use the optimization planner you don't even get that one (the orange colour that is ;-) It's great. Am waiting for a LOC extension that does the same with the PCs optimization .(register cleaning, defragging, temp files cleaning, hard-disk control etc. the whole shebang for which you now need 3 or 4 programs to get it done. Call it the Live One Click Optimizer. In short "LOCO"
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Overall Rating
3 Star Review
Reviewed by: simenz
Updated:07-03-08
Duration of ownership:
Strengths: Easy to install- Very good about prompting users to scan and update- In the year of free beta and the year of a paid subscription, my PC has stayed Virus free. Seems to be integrated nicely with windows and less annoying than Norton. All in all, this has
Weaknesses: Canceling your subscription cannot be done online. You must call 866-663-2273 during normal business hours and cancel by phone.
Overall Evaluation: Nothing is straight forward when it comes to advanced problem solving and the program will nag the heck out of you if you work offline for days at a time.Your subscription is tied to a passport ID. This became annoying a year after I made it trying to remember it.Lastly...$50 is a lot of money per year. They really need to cut that price in half.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: tfbjmb
Updated:01-20-08
Duration of ownership:30 Days
Strengths: Simple to use. Set it up and it does the rest.
Weaknesses: Take getting used to compared to other systems.
Overall Evaluation: Does a great job with Windows XP. Will keep you safe from viruses and make your computer run better. So simple that even a computer novice can have their system protected with the best utility to date.
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3 Star Review
Reviewed by: jubaopen
Updated:12-10-07
Duration of ownership:
Strengths: From Microsoft, may have better integration with the OS.
Weaknesses: Anti spyware is basically the same as Windows defender. Not very well integrated with OS.
Overall Evaluation: Pretty painless to use, everything is done automatically behind the scene. No annoying popup from the taskbar.In addition to check for virus and spyware, on the maintenance and performance side, OneCare performs tasks such as backing up data, applying patches and updates automatically, defrag the hard drive and cleaning the hard drive of unused files. This is nice if you don't already have norton or other tools that do these things. Also, it worked OK after I un-installed Mcafee.
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2 Star Review
Reviewed by: Andrew
Updated:11-01-07
Duration of ownership:2 Months
Strengths: easy to install and operate
Weaknesses: Microsoft is fat and lazy. But with this one you can go elsewhere
Overall Evaluation: Customer service is terrible. I had e-mails that have been disappearing from my inbox and I read that one care was doing it, plus it was a known issue by Microsoft. I looked in their data base, nothing, tried to find a help number to all, they don?t want you to call because finding it was impossible. So four calls later I got a number. I get this guy in India who after verifying that I had one care then told me that since outlook express is part of my operating system and my system was OEM I don?t qualify for help. I cancelled the service. When I need help I want to talk to an American who can speak English.
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Overall Rating
3 Star Review
Reviewed by: simonthecat
Updated:08-21-07
Duration of ownership:2 Days
Strengths: A strong box.
Weaknesses: The product key code is 20 characters long.
Overall Evaluation: It comes in a super strong plastic box, that takes about 5 minutes to figure out how to open up. Making it nearly impossible for young children to open it and accidentally install it. For people like me who had trouble opening it, the center part folds down, instead of one of sides opening up.
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Overall Rating
5 Star Review
Reviewed by: dpowellvirginia
Updated:06-13-07
Duration of ownership:1 Years
Strengths: Very easy to useIntegrates well into Windows XPAllows valid PC applications to easily access the internet with little user intervention.Easy to disable some optional features such as auto backup
Weaknesses: None noticed so far
Overall Evaluation: Over the years I have purchased about every version of Internet Security and Anti - Virus software available and had disappointments either in the area of installation or application. Since purchasing Windows Live OneCare last year I am so pleased with its ease of installation and operation, I have now installed it on all my computers. I have just had to renew my yearly subscription, and all though the renewal is $49.95 on line, the software can be purchased discounted at many of the stores. In the past with other vendors S/W that would have meant removing the existing software and reinstalling the new software on each computer. With Windows Live OneCare, simply log into your account on line, enter the product key on the new CD under renewal billing options and immediately all PCs on that subscription are updated, no need to even take the CD out of the box.
