XP pro benefits over Home edition

[me]

Need advise as I don't know which to buy, thanks.

 

[Stephen]

Windows XP Home ed. does most everything. However, Pro has software that
enables you to logon to a corporate domain etc. and to enable granular file
security. It also enables you to create dynamic harddrive disks which can be
fun for a tweaker or which improve throughput and/or security and/or
safekeeping for a company.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

Also, notice there are now four versions of Windows XP:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/default.asp

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[Ken Blake]

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Need advise as I don't know which to buy, thanks.

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, 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


Bruce Chambers

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[CZ]

Re: Pro vs. Home


There are significant differences between the two.

Some things 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

And Home cannot create user groups.

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