installing XP Professional

[Guest]

Is pro that much better than home edition? I have the pro disk, but there
seem to be alot of problems converting, any advice?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

See this link for the differences:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

Home and Pro are identical in performance and stability.
Most home users do not need the extra features of Windows XP Pro.

 

[Mike Hall]

You may want to read this..

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/compare.mspx

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Is pro that much better than home edition? I have the pro disk, but there
seem to be alot of problems converting, any advice?

The WinXP Home and WinXP Pro versions are _identical_ when it
comes to performance, stability, and device driver and software
application compatibility, but are intended to meet different
functionality, networking, security, and ease-of-use needs, in
different environments. The most significant differences are that
WinXP Pro allows up to 10 simultaneous inbound network connections
while WinXP Home only allows only 5, WinXP Pro is designed to join a
Microsoft domain while WinXP Home cannot, and only WinXP Pro supports
file encryption and IIS. (Oh, and WinXP Pro usually costs roughly $100
USD more than WinXP Home.)

Windows XP Comparison Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Which Edition Is Right for You
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

Windows XP Home Edition vs. Professional Edition
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

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[Michael Stevens]

Is pro that much better than home edition? I have the pro disk, but
there seem to be alot of problems converting, any advice?

Unless you need to join a domain, developed web pages [.asp], need stronger
encryption, remote desktop as the more obvious reasons to upgrade to Pro,
Home will be just fine. They are fundamentally the same in stability and
performance.
As far as your comment about "converting", the "upgrade" from Home to Pro is
usually very straight forward and usually a slam-dunk when you use a
"Retail" XP Pro Upgrade or Full version. If your version is the OEM XP Pro
version, you can only do clean installs.

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