Why Can't I Download Anything After Restoring Windows XP?

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In summary, the conversation discusses the speaker's frustration with their Windows XP computer after restoring it. They are unable to download any programs due to a .net passport issue from MSN. The speaker has signed up for a LIVE account and redid the .net passport process, but is still unable to download programs. They also mention wanting to disable the .net passport requirement and not being able to find the firewall in the control panel. The advice given is to switch to Ubuntu Linux as a better alternative.
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Hello everyone.
okay so here is my situation, I restore my home computer of windows XP.
now that i have done that, it is telling me i can't download anything becuz of a .net passport from msn.
i signed up for a LIVE account for it, and i re-did the .net passport thingy, so when i
entered the screen name and password for it, it tells me its wrong
I am putting in the correct password, its not case sensitive becuz it is all lower case.
im trying to put google chrome and reinstall adobe flash/ java back on but it says i cant.
how do i disable that so i can download tose things freely.
but if i do need the .net passpord, why does it continuously saying error to continue.
when everything is correct... if I am able to disable great, oh and i don't see the firewall anywhere in the control panel, i have the windows xp home edition
 
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My advice - give up on Windows. Why pay money for a bloated product when you can get a better product for free? Go to http://www.ubuntu.com/ and download a copy of Ubuntu Linux and all of these problems will vanish.
 

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