windows XP home verses professional

[Guest]

I am starting a web design business and I use Windows XP home editon. Do I need to upgrade to Windows XP professional to leagally or morally run my business or can I stick with Windows XP home

 

[PA Bear]

Which WinXP Is Right For You?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp
--
HTH - Please Reply to This Thread

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.mvps.org/

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect

 

[David H. Lipman]

Nope...
Use WinXP HE. WinXP Professional is for corporate environments and NT Domains/Active
Directory.

Dave



| I am starting a web design business and I use Windows XP home editon. Do I need to upgrade
to Windows XP professional to leagally or morally run my business or can I stick with
Windows XP home

 

[Susan]

If you are designing your websites with FrontPage, you might want to use
Windows XP Pro because you can set up server on Windows XP Pro and test
your FrontPage websites that use the Microsoft FrontPage server extensions
locally.

 

[David H. Lipman]

I don't see how you couldn't use Apache on WinXP HE.

Dave



| If you are designing your websites with FrontPage, you might want to use
| Windows XP Pro because you can set up server on Windows XP Pro and test
| your FrontPage websites that use the Microsoft FrontPage server extensions
| locally.
|
| | > Nope...
| > Use WinXP HE. WinXP Professional is for corporate environments and NT
| Domains/Active
| > Directory.
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | I am starting a web design business and I use Windows XP home editon. Do
| I need to upgrade
| > to Windows XP professional to leagally or morally run my business or can I
| stick with
| > Windows XP home
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In

I am starting a web design business and I use Windows XP home editon.
Do I need to upgrade to Windows XP professional to leagally or
morally run my business or can I stick with Windows XP home

If you're asking whether XP Home can be used in a professional
environment, yes it can. The terms "Home" and "Professional" are
just marketing terms. They have no other meaning.

If Home meets your needs, by all means stick with it.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I am starting a web design business and I use Windows XP home editon. Do I need to upgrade to Windows XP professional to leagally or morally run my business or can I stick with Windows XP home

It's bad naming - there is no reason at all why you should not use Home
edition for Business purposes. Pro has some extra facilities use in
corporate networks, mostly, that is all