Windows XP Home and Professional

[Debbie]

I'm trying to find out what the differences are between
the Home version and the Professional version of Windows
XP.

 

[Nicholas]

Debbie --

Windows XP Professional Comparison Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/featurecomp.asp

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

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


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Nicholas

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| I'm trying to find out what the differences are between
| the Home version and the Professional version of Windows
| XP.

 

[CZ]

I'm trying to find out what the differences are between
the Home version and the Professional version of Windows
XP.

Debbie:

There are significant differences between the two.

Some things that Home does not have/support (that Pro does):
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

 

[Gary Thorn [MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox]]

-----Original Message-----
I'm trying to find out what the differences are between
the Home version and the Professional version of Windows
XP.
.

Here are links for information on the difference between
Hom and Pro of WinXP:

www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

Hope this helps!

Gary Thorn
MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox
Associate Expert

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights

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[Ken Blake]

In

I'm trying to find out what the differences are between
the Home version and the Professional version of Windows
XP.

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

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The two versions are identical when it comes to stability,
functionality, and device driver and software application
compatibility, but are intended to meet different networking,
security, and ease-of-use needs, in different environments. One
difference not usually mentioned is that WinXP Pro allows up to 10
simultaneous inbound network connections, while WinXP Home only allows
a maximum of 5.

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


Bruce Chambers

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[Alex Nichol]

I'm trying to find out what the differences are between
the Home version and the Professional version of Windows
XP.

Best single source on it is I think
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

To which add that Home only supports up to five connections in a network
- Pro supports ten

Aside from the extra facilities given, the systems are identical