win xp home vs xp pro

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steve said:

What is the diffrence between xp home and pro? what one is better

Same underlying O/S. Pro has networking, and other features, that many
folks do not need. A detailed comparison can be found at the
http://www.microsoft.com site. Look for the XP home pages.

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

what is the diffrence between xp home and pro? what one is better

Maybe you would like to do some research yourself.

Please see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/default.asp
and
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing.asp
and
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.asp


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[steve]

what is the diffrence between xp home and pro? what one is better

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi Steve!
please go through:-
1]Windows XP Comparison Guide
:-http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.asp
2] Which Edition Is Right For You
?:-http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp
All the best/
ssg/pronetworks.org

 

[Rory]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/overviews/default.asp

Windows XP Professional
Designed for businesses of all sizes and for home users who demand the
most from their computing experience, Windows XP Professional delivers the
new standard in reliability and performance. It includes all the great
features and new visual design of Windows XP Home Edition, ***plus premier
security and privacy features, advanced recovery options, improved ability
to connect to large networks, and much more. ***

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The two versions are identical when it comes to 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.

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

"Which is better?" That depends entirely upon the uses to which
you put your computer, the network environment in which you'll operate
it, your specific security needs, and your level of computer
knowledge.


Bruce Chambers

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[CZ]

Steve:

There are significant differences between the two.

Some things that Home does not have/support (that Pro does):
Ability to disable Simple File Sharing
Local group policy
gpedit.msc
ComputerMgmt: Local Users and Groups
ASR (Automatic System Recovery)
Client Service for Netware
Dynamic disks
Encrypted file system
Drive/folder/File level access control in normal GUI mode (does have it via
SafeMode)
IIS
Multi-processor support
NT/Win2k/Win2k3 domain membership
Power User gp
Offline files
Remote desktop hosting
tasklist cmd
systeminfo cmd

And Home cannot create user groups.

Also, Home is limited to 5 concurrent inbound connections, whereas Pro is
limited to 10

 

[Hy]

XP pro. is for business
XP Home is for home user

Pro is that you to configure each setup when settinga
network, etc. Addanced type

Home will be automatic for you.

Pro. is better than Home edition

 

[Ken Blake]

In

what is the diffrence between xp home and pro? what one is

better


Since there are things in Professional not in Home, Professional
is better. Whether those things are worth the extra money to you,
however, is a different story.



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, these features aren't needed, would never be
used, and buying Professional instead of Home is a waste of
money.

For details go to

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Also note that Professional allows ten concurrent network
connections, and Home only five.