Do I need to upgrade XP home to XP professional?

[Craig]

I have a small business and one of my computers is
running XP home. I am looking at installing a server
based setup to have remote access using either server
2003 or 2000. My question is, do I need to upgrade the
XP hoe to professional? and can that even be done?
Thanks.

 

[purplehaz]

It can be done.
It doesn't need to be done, but may help in a business environment with
networking, security, and remote desktop.

 

[John Ski]

My question is, do I need to upgrade the

XP hoe to professional? and can that even be done?
Thanks.

My experience has been that upgrading "hoes" can be an expensive proposition.

XP "Home" cannot join a domain, XP Pro can. See this MS Site for details.

Home to Pro is an easy normally straightforward upgrade. You should always
backup files you can't afford to lose just in case.

HTH,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***

 

[John Ski]

Sorry forgot to paste the URL
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

This should help you make a good decision.

John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***