MODEL- MS-CD75309WI VENDOR- MICROSOFT CORPORATION FEATURES- Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP Built exclusively to take advantage of the power of Windows XP Microsoft Plus! delivers exciting new features for digital music gaming photos and more. Tailor your digital audio and video to your own tastes challenge yourself with a variety of fun and exciting games and customize the look and feel of your desktop with amazingly lifelike screen savers and images. Discover the new and vibrant multimedia experience. * Quickly convert MP3 files to space-saving Windows Media Audio (WMA) files. * Personalize the style of the Windows Media Player in Windows XP with attractive custom skins and use Plus! Personal DJ to create play lists of your favorite songs. * Boost the clarity and richness of music with new speaker enhancement technology. * Enjoy digital audio and video like never before! * Challenge yourself with captivating new arcade-style games featuring stunning 3-D graphics. * Explore the fun and excitement of bowling through the streets of ancient Rome. * Discover an intense game for fans of Tetris that will test your skills for quick thinking and strategy. * Navigate a new 3-D version of the classic tabletop labyrinth game filled with vibrant visuals and sounds. * Test your skills with over 40
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Ripoff
Comment: This is so poor, it shouldn't be given away. The screen savers are excellent but require heavy use of the CPU. The games are only partial and require further investment for the complete version. Quite a rip off and disappointment from an otherwise satisfied Microsoft customer.
Customer Rating: Summary: What did I just pay for?
Comment: I don't get this, in Plus 98 you get a whole bunch of themes and other stuff - in Plus XP you get nothing - well you get a couple of thems! I cannot believe I paid for this - I uninstalled this and returned it for store credit - this is not worth $19.99 or $12.99 it is worth $1.99 - if you want some more themes for Windows XP look around on the internet for FREE ones and save your money!
Customer Rating: Summary: Not Worth Buying!
Comment: While the idea behind this product is great, it just doesn't come out that way in the end. I recently upgraded my video card to GeForce 4 MX 5200, and now the Plus! screensavers (i.e. the aquarium and others) do not display correctly.
The games are okay, but only the Labyrinth is worth playing. There is a link on Microsoft's website to download for free more bonus levels for Labyrinth, but everytime I download the free upgrade, the levels never get installed into the game. The download .exe file is a self-extractor, so there's no way to control it. I have tried to get the extra free levels three times now, and it NEVER works!
If you want the aquarium screen saver, buy the boxed version from SereneScreen! It is EXACTLY like the one in Plus! and only costs $19.oo! This is what I did last week, and the SereneScreen aquarium screensaver works fine on my computer with the new graphics card!
Someone in another review said that Microsoft Plus! was a good example of "bloat-ware". I agree 100% -- lots of pretty packaging, lots of hype, lots of teaser write-ups on the box, but in the end there just isn't much to the package.
Customer Rating: Summary: I am not happy with this item
Comment: I purchased this item thinking it would be lovely to have an aquarium. There are only 3 fish and one plasters itself to the left side of the screen so its head is not visible and stays there. If you want more fish you have to buy another $20 item and still only 3 fish at a time on the screen. The blurb on the additional software says you can have 7 fish at a time but that is not the case you can choose 7 but only 3 will appear on the screen at once, which is deceptive in my book. The lack of complexity and detail is extremely disappointing, themes on 98 were much better IMHO. If you are into the media player then this is a great item, but the games are kind of boring in their sameness and the biggie is dancing people. I'm not into dancing people nor the media player. I am not at all happy with this item.
Customer Rating: Summary: Want more themes?
Comment: If you want lots of themes you can try TGT softs Style XP.
Style XP gave me lots of themes and can be found at http://www.tgtsoft.com/
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