windows and the internet

[Amari]

Someone told me that If I have Windows XP on one computer
(laptop) and Windows professional on another system that
I would not be able to go online with both systems. Is
this true. Does anyone know of any restrictions similar
to this?

 

[Dana]

Not sure what yo mean, exactly.
What you were told doesn't make too much sense, as Windows XP Home and
Windows XP Pro are almost the same thing, if those are the two operating
systems you are referrng to. And not sure how that would affect going
online, either.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Someone told me that If I have Windows XP on one computer
(laptop) and Windows professional on another system that
I would not be able to go online with both systems. Is
this true.

I'm not quite sure what you are getting at, but two things:

One copy of Windows may only be installed to one of the machines - you
may *not* install, using the same key, onto both.

If you have separately licensed copies on both you cannot dial up a
connection from both at the same time over the same phone line. And
your ISP would prevent you using your login there from more than one
machine at a time, if you had two lines.

But you could connect a cable from one machine to the other (a crossover
ethernet one) and setup to use 'Internet connection sharing' so the
desktop machine dials in , and the laptop can access the net through it

 

[Ken Blake]

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Someone told me that If I have Windows XP on one computer
(laptop) and Windows professional on another system that
I would not be able to go online with both systems. Is
this true. Does anyone know of any restrictions similar
to this?

Sorry, what you're asking isn't clear. First, there are no
products called just "Windows XP" and "Windows professional"; I
assume you mean Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional.

Second, are these in a network? Are you asking whether XP Home
and XP Professional on the same network can both access the
internet? If so, the answer is yes.

 

[Plato]

Someone told me that If I have Windows XP on one computer
(laptop) and Windows professional on another system that
I would not be able to go online with both systems. Is
this true.

NO

 

[Alex Nichol]

Someone told me that If I have Windows XP on one computer
(laptop) and Windows professional on another system that
I would not be able to go online with both systems. Is
this true.

I'm not quite sure what you are getting at, but two things:

One copy of Windows may only be installed to one of the machines - you
may *not* install, using the same key, onto both.

If you have separately licensed copies on both you cannot dial up a
connection from both at the same time over the same phone line. And
your ISP would prevent you using your login there from more than one
machine at a time, if you had two lines.

But you could connect a cable from one machine to the other (a crossover
ethernet one) and setup to use 'Internet connection sharing' so the
desktop machine dials in , and the laptop can access the net through it