Windows home vers professional

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XP Home can't join a domain
Remote Desktop doesn't exist on XP Home
XP Home supports only 5 inbound connections on a network - pro supports 10
A lot of features are 'crippled' or just not installed by default on Home.
 
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
XP Home can't join a domain
Remote Desktop doesn't exist on XP Home
XP Home supports only 5 inbound connections on a network - pro supports 10
A lot of features are 'crippled' or just not installed by default on Home.



Don't forget that home is faster.. less blote to run.
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I've never seen that - but I usually turn off the Teletubbies interface
first thing anyway, and control what's running in the background, because
I'm slightly obsessive.
 
Lanwench said:
XP Home can't join a domain
Remote Desktop doesn't exist on XP Home
XP Home supports only 5 inbound connections on a network - pro
supports 10 A lot of features are 'crippled' or just not installed by
default on Home.
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What do you mean by "A lot of features are 'crippled' or just not installed
by default on Home."? You mention three, which most home users can happily
do without. What is crippled? Anything a typical, home user might want?

Kimmy
 
Greetings --

The two 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.

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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kimmy said:
What do you mean by "A lot of features are 'crippled' or just not
installed by default on Home."? You mention three, which most home
users can happily do without. What is crippled? Anything a typical,
home user might want?
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No, and I perhaps shouldn't have used that term as it does sound a bit
loaded. WinXP Home is WinXP Pro missing many features...most home users may
never miss them. In most cases, I advise home users to get Pro anyway, to be
honest...never know when they're going to decide they need to connect to the
company domain, connect more than 5 computers, etc etc etc....
 
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Ray said:
What is the difference between windows xp Home edition and
the Professional edition
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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.
 
Ray said:
What is the difference between windows xp Home edition and
the Professional edition
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See http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp
for the list of things that are in Pro only. In addition Pro will
support ten simultaneous connections in a network - Home only five

If you do not see a facility in Pro only that you *need*, save money and
get Home. The systems are otherwise identical and will have the same
stability and performance if used in the same way
 
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