MVP'S and so called Experts WRONG!

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Nero

As above, a lot of"experts"go on about using gpedit in windows but seem to
forget it is NOT part of XP Home,cannot be used with and will not run with.
Why don't they say "IF you have XP Pro then use"
NOT everyone has XP Pro(yes some people have it even when they do not need
it).........
 
That highlights the need for MVP's to ask the right questions *AND* the original poster to explain
the problem as clearly and specifically as possible, ie. symptoms/hardware/OS version/etc, so
everyone knows as much as possible in an effort to solve a problem...

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As above, a lot of"experts"go on about using gpedit in windows but seem to
forget it is NOT part of XP Home,cannot be used with and will not run with.
Why don't they say "IF you have XP Pro then use"
NOT everyone has XP Pro(yes some people have it even when they do not need
it).........
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Nero,

you are very right, and I'm probably also guilty of this. I'm
trying to edit this mistake out of my web pages.

One pretty idiotic reason for this phenomenon is that many
experts don't have Windows XP Home. I'm one example, house full
of computers, not a single one runs Home Edition. My fault.

A little story on the sidelines -- There is one error I keep
seeing here occasionally, which is particularly bad in that
respect. Some third party computer security programs change a
policy to make the computer safer, usually by adding Guest to
the list of blocked network users. In XP Pro you open gpedit and
remove Guest again. In XP Home I know of no way to undo the
damage, if uninstalling the culprit doesn't remove it.

Hans-Georg
 
I still wonder why Microsoft ever made two versions of Windows XP. And from
what I've read they're en route to making the same mistake with Longhorn. But
that's another matter.
 
I still wonder why Microsoft ever made two versions of Windows XP. And from
what I've read they're en route to making the same mistake with Longhorn. But
that's another matter.
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Martin,

I guess the main reason is that they wanted to offer a cheaper
and easier to use version for the home customer while being able
to extract some more money from the professional and corporate
buyer. Can't blame them. I can't find any fault with that.

I personally wish they had included the backup program with Home
as well, but, honestly, how many percent of all home users do
backups?

Hans-Georg
 
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