I was not responding to Ken Blake's post.
| "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
|
| > Why? XP Professional and XP Home are exactly the same in all respects,
| > except that Professional has a few features (mostly related to
networking
| > and security) missing from Home. For most (but not all) home users, even
| > those with a home network, these features aren't needed, would never be
| > used, and buying Professional instead of Home is a waste of money.
|
| Tom Willett wrote:
| > Not only is this poor advice, it makes absolutely no sense.
| ------------------------
| From Microsoft Windows XP Comparison Guide:
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx
|
| "Windows XP Professional gives you all the benefits of Windows XP Home
| Edition, plus additional remote access, security, performance,
manageability
| and multi-lingual features that make it the operating system of choice for
| businesses of all sizes and people who demand the most out of their
computing
| experience."
|
| ----------------------------------
| I would not even consider a user being on Windows XP Home...lol...
|
| I personally use Windows XP Professional whilst beta testing other OS's
| (Vista 5472 and Longhorn 5384) in VPC's via IE running from VS2005 on a
| Windows 2003 SBS Network.
|
| It all depends on how much knowledge you have with security and computing
in
| general!
| Security being the main word here!
|
| Also notice in most security documents, Microsoft state using Windows XP
| Professional over XP Home:
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/smbsecurity.mspx
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windowsxp/ccc/default.mspx
|
http://niap.bahialab.com/cc-scheme/st/ST_VID4025.cfm
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/desktopos.mspx
|
| I don't see Windows XP Home anywhere in these documents above...hmmm i
| wonder why??
|
| Being a System Builder/MS Partner there are tools that benefit
installations
| using Windows XP Professional over Windows XP Home. Not only that, most
| System Builders ship windows XP Home because it's cheaper and it's less
| hassle to preinstall with no security.
|
| I still recommend Windows XP Professional over Windows XP Home for
security
| All my customers (100+) purchased Windows XP Professional over Windows XP
| Home after I showed them the following advantages Windows XP Professional
has
| over Windows XP Home:
|
| Remote Desktop - remotely access your Windows XP Professional PC, from
| another Windows PC, so you can work with all of your data and applications
| while away from your office.
|
| Encrypting File System - protects sensitive data in files that are stored
on
| disk using the NTFS file system.
|
| Access Control - restrict access to selected files, applications, and
other
| resources.
|
| Centralized administration - join Windows XP Professional systems to a
| Windows Server domain to take advantage of the full range of powerful
| management and security tools.
|
| Software Installation and Maintenance - automatically install, configure,
| repair, or remove software applications.
|
| I have not had any complaints at all with the price of XP Pro over XP Home
| compared to the security gains and performance, and support options
available
| to them.
|
| Most of our customers (about 80%) are also getting ready to upgrade to
| Windows Vista and Office System 2007 upon their respected releases in the
| next ~3-6mths. They can't wait!! Are you ready??
|
| I will close with saying that that it all depends on the person....
| If you're worried about money and don't care about security, GO FOR XP
Home ok
| If your knowledgeable and worried about security, then go for Windows XP
| Professional...
|
| That's all I have to say.
|
|
| Have a nice day!!
|
| Aust-Tech
|
| ------------------------------
| "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
|
| > Aust-Tech wrote:
| >
| > > You also stated "Someone told me that by the explorer address bar I
| > > have less risk of bringing viruses in to my computer."
| > >
| > > This is NOT true, as from the address bar a malicious website and a
| > > virus can still be downloaded and can still be accessed.
| >
| >
| > Right.
| >
| >
| > > Firstly I would be getting Windows XP Professional, not XP Home
| >
| >
| > Why? XP Professional and XP Home are exactly the same in all respects,
| > except that Professional has a few features (mostly related to
networking
| > and security) missing from Home. For most (but not all) home users, even
| > those with a home network, these features aren't needed, would never be
| > used, and buying Professional instead of Home is a waste of money.
| >
| > --
| > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| > Please reply to the newsgroup
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > > "cathi" wrote:
| > >
| > >> Ever since I've downloaded Yahoo toolbar, I've noticed that my
| > >> original "explorer" address bar is missing at the top of home page.
| > >> How do I get that back up there, and still keep my Yahoo tool bar as
| > >> well? Someone told me that by the explorer address bar I have less
| > >> risk of bringing viruses in to my computer. I usually use Google
| > >> search engine. Any comment on that? I've got Microsoft Windows XP
| > >> Home edition, a laptop, with satillite connection. Thank you for any
| > >> ideas. cathi
| >
| >
| >
