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XP home Vs. XP pro
- Thread starter hrm2701
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Try using the search feature and checking just this forum. This topic has already been covered a few times. 
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Professional has better networking capabilities and is generally more easily customizable.
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Home is made for the "home user".. alot of options are disabled/hidden, and made so my grandmother could use it w/o being able to mess it up that easily.
Pro is for anyone who knows what they're doing.
Pro is for anyone who knows what they're doing.
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and i dont think home has multiprocessor support while Pro does
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DDR-PIII said:when booting... the status has a yellow bar, instead of a blue one "liek xp pro" haha
hrm... my boot screen is grey and black... and it has a to[less chick with her hand over her breasts... i run pro
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XP Pro also takes a hell of a longer time to load than home....
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Lazlo Panaflex said:
i havnt noticed... but i guess that would make a lil sense... but its not more than a few sec
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wha!!!! how did you get 14 sec? whats your rig and what tweaks... takes mine ~30-45 sec to get everything up...
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XP Pro has
Remote Desktop – remotely access your Windows XP Professional PC, from another Windows PC, so you can work with all of your data and applications while away from your office.
Offline Files and Folders - access to files & folders on a network share when disconnected from the server.
Scalable processor support – up to two-way multi-processor support.
Encrypting File System - protects sensitive data in files that are stored on disk using the NTFS file system.
Access Control – restrict access to selected files, applications, and other resources.
Centralized administration - join Windows XP Professional systems to a Windows Server domain to take advantage of the full range of powerful management and security tools.
Group Policy - simplifies the administration of groups of users or computers.
Software Installation and Maintenance – automatically install, configure, repair, or remove software applications.
Roaming User Profiles - access to all your documents and settings no matter where you log on.
Remote Installation Service (RIS) – support for remote operating system installations where desktops can be installed across the network.
Multi-lingual User Interface (MUI) add-on - change the user interface language to get localized dialog boxes, menus, help files, dictionaries, and proofing tools etc.
the home version does not.
So if you do not need any of these then the home version should suit you fine. if not you might wan to pick up a copy of pro
Remote Desktop – remotely access your Windows XP Professional PC, from another Windows PC, so you can work with all of your data and applications while away from your office.
Offline Files and Folders - access to files & folders on a network share when disconnected from the server.
Scalable processor support – up to two-way multi-processor support.
Encrypting File System - protects sensitive data in files that are stored on disk using the NTFS file system.
Access Control – restrict access to selected files, applications, and other resources.
Centralized administration - join Windows XP Professional systems to a Windows Server domain to take advantage of the full range of powerful management and security tools.
Group Policy - simplifies the administration of groups of users or computers.
Software Installation and Maintenance – automatically install, configure, repair, or remove software applications.
Roaming User Profiles - access to all your documents and settings no matter where you log on.
Remote Installation Service (RIS) – support for remote operating system installations where desktops can be installed across the network.
Multi-lingual User Interface (MUI) add-on - change the user interface language to get localized dialog boxes, menus, help files, dictionaries, and proofing tools etc.
the home version does not.
So if you do not need any of these then the home version should suit you fine. if not you might wan to pick up a copy of pro
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straight from the source might be a good place to check...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp
microsoft has it all up there on the features to help you decide...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp
microsoft has it all up there on the features to help you decide...
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I like XP Pro, its easily customizable and what I use, home seems to be directed at the PC ignorant "user friendly" market, not to mention pro is much better for networking. I'm running a p4 [email protected] w/1GB PC3700 DDR Geil Ram, and after powering up it usually takes about 16-20 seconds for my desktop to load.
I have no complaints about load times with pro, but on my slower machine p2 800mhz with 256MB of RD Ram it took my desktop almost 10 seconds more to load than Win 98SE.
I have no complaints about load times with pro, but on my slower machine p2 800mhz with 256MB of RD Ram it took my desktop almost 10 seconds more to load than Win 98SE.
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pro loads slower on my rig than home used to
its still faster than my old 98 though
its still faster than my old 98 though
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OMG, THE STRANGEST THING, my friend has a P3 550 and the XP loading screen only blinks on and off, it takes less than 10 seconds to load. My XP1600 can do it in 15 with home, bit IT IS SO WIERD. I think its and intel conspiracy. For a while my p1 233 loaded in under 30 sec, while my k6-2 533 took almost a min. CONSORACY I YELL!!!
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DDR-PIII said:
i know... just messing did you see the
at the end
