Xp pro and Xp home?

Question

Does anyone know what the difference is between Xp homeand Xp pro?

I know the price is different, I just would like to know what extra you get with pro please

Answer 1

Xp pro and Xp home? difference is between Xp homeand Xp pro? is this xp home is a goos system and xp pro has more on it and xp pro comes with a big price tag xp home is very good to use so why pay out more for xp pro

its like when windows vista comes out a big price tag i have had no problems with microsoft windows xp home no problems at all ..reason is i know how to set up a computer & windows xp home im not going to buy windows xp pro or windows vista you can run 250+ computers on 1 router with microsoft xp home if you know how to set them all up

Answer 2

Windows XP is the current version of Microsoft's desktop operating system. Its is available in three versions:



Windows XP Home Edition--This version is designed to replace Windows 95/98 and Windows Me operating systems.

It is primarrily intended for consumer and entertainment market and provids many enhancements, such as more powerful and strealined Internet access than any of its predecessors.



Windows XP Profesional--This version is designed and positioned to compete with Windows NT workstation and Windows 2000 professional operating systems. It contains features that make it more suitable as a client in enterprise networks. These features includ simpler remote access and dommain membership, enhanced security and reliability features, multiple-processor support and multiple-language availability.



Windows XP 64 bit Edition--This high-end version of the operating system is designed to run on Intel Itanium processors. These processors are employed in high data-volum environments. This Windows XP version supports up to 16GB of physical memory and 16TB of virtual memory. Unlike its NT predecessors, Windows XP does not feature matching workstation and server operating system versions.



Hope this helps to explain.

Answer 3

personally if its just for yourself mate,just go for the xp home,purely because its the cheaper of the two

i use home in the living room and pro in the bedroom,but i belive that the pro has extra features such as networking capabilities,remote desktop facilities,and basically its aimed at business,s were as home is for the average "home" user

pro also has unnatended setps which means you can get versions of pro to install on mass p.c,s,like a office were there are 30 to 40 pc.s

the unattended version of pro can only be bought directly from certain manufacturers as you dont need to do anything during setup,hence the word "unattended"

good luck

Answer 4

More network support on XP pro

Answer 5

Windows XP Professional gives you all the benefits of Windows XP Home Edition, plus additional remote access, security, performance, manageability and multi-lingual features that make it the operating system of choice for businesses of all sizes and people who demand the most out of their computing experience.

Answer 6

More usefull utilities on XP PRO and just enough on XP HOME.

Answer 7

Lots of good answers already. But one more thing: some games (typically older ones) won't run in XP Pro. For example, Star Wars Rebellion (http://www.lucasarts.com/products/rebellion/) won't.

Answer 8

home edition is for home use recommended and xp profissional is for office use recommended...



but one thing i like in xp pro from xp home, its the regisration...

xp pro do not require registration or cannot be expired and xp home edition has a limited time of use, not unless you registered it into the microsoft corporation through internet.



pick xp pro...

Answer 9

Pro contains a lot more utilities that are useful if you're a power user or a network supervisor. If you just want to run applications, there's not much difference.

Answer 10

whith xp pro, U have premission from mircosoft to in stall it on more than one computer, but with xp home U r only meant to install it on one computer, there are a few more networking opitons on it aswell but that about it

Answer 11

professional is the thank you to bypass. house is for residing house, your internet cafe is going to desire a community and house is detrimental for that so bypass professional. i've got confidence they're a similar. No you are able to no longer mixture the two they'll conflict with one yet another. each and every has its own serial selection anyhow and you may improve residing house to professional yet no longer professional to residing house... desire that helps. notwithstanding you do are not getting vista for no less than a million extra 12 months.

Answer 12

There is lot of differents

like in Security, network, etc can be more advanced in Professional than home

Answer 13

basically i think that pro makes the networking of several computers easier

Answer 14

The most obvious difference is security, which is vastly simplified in Home Edition. Each interactive user in XP Home is assumed to be a member of the Owners local group, which is the Windows XP equivalent of the Windows 2000 Administrator account: This means that anyone who logs on to a Home Edition machine has full control. Likewise, the Backup Operators, Power Users, and Replicator groups from Windows 2000/XP Pro are missing from Home Edition, and a new group, called Restricted Users, is added. Hidden administrative shares (C$, etc.) are also unavailable in Home Edition.

Everything you can do in Home Edition, you can do in Pro.



The following features are not present in Windows XP Home Edition.

* Power user Remote Desktop - All versions of Windows XP--including Home Edition--support Remote Assistance, which is an assisted support technology that allows a help desk or system administrator to remotely connect to a client desktop for troubleshooting purposes. But Only Pro supports the new Remote Desktop feature, which is a single-session version of Terminal Services with two obvious uses: Mobile professionals who need to remotely access their corporate desktop, and remote administration of clients on a network. You can access a Windows XP Remote Desktop from any OS that supports a Terminal Services client (such as Windows 98 and, interestingly XP Home). XP Home can act as the client in a Remote Desktop session; only Pro can be the server.

* Multi-processor support - Windows XP Pro supports up to two microprocessors, while Home Edition supports only one.

* Automated System Recovery (ASR) - In a somewhat controversial move, Microsoft has removed the Backup utility from the default Windows XP Home Edition, though it is available as an optional installation if you can find it on the CD-ROM (hint: it's in the /valueadd folder). The reason for this the integration of Microsoft's new Automated System Recovery (ASR) tool into Backup. In Pro, ASR will help recover a system from a catastrophic error, such as one that renders the system unbootable. ASR-enabled backups are triggerable from XP Setup, allowing you to return your system to its previous state, even if the hard drive dies and has to be replaced. Unlike consumer-oriented features such as System Restore, ASR is not automatic: It must manually be enabled from within the Backup utility in Windows XP Pro. In any event, while there is a Backup utility available for Home Edition, you cannot use ASR, even though mentions of this feature still exist in the UI. Confusing? Yes. But it's better than no Backup at all, which was the original plan.

* Dynamic Disk Support - Windows XP Professional (like its Windows 2000 equivalent) supports dynamic disks, but Home Edition does not (instead, HE supports only the standard Simple Disk type). Dynamic disks are not usable with any OS other than Windows 2000 or Windows XP Pro, and they cannot be used on portable computers. Likewise, Home Edition does not include the Logical Disk Manager.

* Fax - Home Edition has no integrated fax functionality out of the box, though it is an option you can install from the XP Home CD.

* Internet Information Services/Personal Web Server - Home Edition does not include the IIS Web server 5.1 software found in Pro.

* Security Encrypting File System - Windows XP Professional supports the Encrypting File System (EFS), which allows you encrypt individual files or folders for local security (EFS is not enabled over a network). EFS-protected files and folders allows users to protect sensitive documents from other users.

* File-level access control - Any user with Administrator privileges can limit access to certain network resources, such as servers, directories, and files, using access control lists. Only Windows XP Professional supports file-level access control, mostly because this feature is typically implemented through Group Policy Objects, which are also not available in Home Edition.

* "C2" certification - Microsoft will attempt to have Windows XP Professional certified with the "C2" security designation, a largely irrelevant status, but one which will not be afforded to Home Edition.

* Management Domain membership - Home Edition cannot be used to logon to an Active Directory domain. For obvious reasons, the Domain Wizard is also missing in Home Edition.

* Group Policy - Since Home Edition cannot be used to logon to an Active Directory domain, Group Policy--whereby applications, network resources, and operating systems are administered for domain users--is not supported either.

* IntelliMirror - Microsoft lumps a wide range of semi-related change and configuration management technologies under the IntelliMirror umbrella, and none of these features are supported in the consumer oriented Home Edition. IntelliMirror capabilities include user data management; centrally-managed software installation, repair, updating, and removal; user settings management; and Remote Installation Services (RIS), which allows administrators to remotely install the OS on client systems.

* Roaming profiles - This feature allows users to logon to any computer in an Active Directory network and automatically receive their customized settings. It is not available in Home Edition, which cannot logon to an Active Directory domain.

* Corporate deployment Multi-language support - Only Windows XP Professional will ship in a Multi-Language version or support multiple languages in a single install.

* Sysprep support - Windows XP Pro will support the System Preparation (Sysprep) utility, while Home Edition will not.

* RIS support - See the IntelliMirror heading in the previous section; Home Edition does not support RIS deployments.

* 64-bit Edition Microsoft is shipping a 64-bit version of Windows XP for Intel Itanium systems that mirrors the Professional Edition feature-set.

* The following networking features are not included in Home Edition: The user interface for IPSecurity (IPSec)

* SNMP

* Simple TCP/IP services

* SAP Agent

* Client Service for NetWare

* Network Monitor

* Multiple Roaming feature



User interface features

* Windows XP Home Edition has some different default settings that affect the user interface. For example, Guest logon is on by default in Home, but off in Pro. The Address bar in Explorer windows is on in Pro by default, but off in Home. During the beta period, Microsoft had intended to use a business-oriented shell theme ("Professional") by default in Pro and the "Luna" consumer theme in Home Edition. But feedback from corporate users suggested that everyone liked the consumer-oriented Luna theme better, and development of the Professional theme was cancelled. Other user interface features that are present in Pro but not Home include: Client-side caching

* Administrative Tools option on the Start menu (a subset of the Admin tools are still present in Home, however).