Windows xp PRO VS Windows xp HOME

[Guest]

Does anyone have a detailed link that talks about the difference between
Windows xp home opposed to Windows xp PRO?

 

[Ken Blake]

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Does anyone have a detailed link that talks about the
difference
between Windows xp home opposed to Windows xp PRO?

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.

 

[Daniel]

Here are a few you can try out

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=102

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/winxp/en/index?c=us&cs=04
&l=en&s=bsd

http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2001/1217networker.html


http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,63223,00.asp

 

[SlowJet]

The only non server Windows version that is stable, safe, reliable, fully
functional, and usable is Windows XP PRO running SP2 with a 3rd party FW
with extra attention to closed ports, AV, and a Adware, Spyware blocker on
an NTFS file system using password secure accounts, and limited permissions.

Everything else called Windows is land fill. Yesterday, so 10 minutes ago,
your daddy's Oldsmobile, 8 track tape player, Black land line telephone, an
empty Pringles tube, industrial rough toilet paper, a gummed up rubrics
cube, a malfunctioning game of mouse trap, a 43 card deck, an F4 tomcat, a
game boy with a black screen.

SJ

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Does anyone have a detailed link that talks about the difference
between Windows xp home opposed to Windows xp PRO?

The WinXP Home and WinXP Pro 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. (Oh, and WinXP Pro usually costs roughly $100
USD more than WinXP Home.)

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

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[CZ]

Does anyone have a detailed link that talks about the difference between
Windows xp home opposed to Windows xp PRO?

Ritchie:

There are significant differences between the two.

Some features 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

Home cannot create user groups.
Home cannot upgrade from NTWS or Win2k Pro.

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