Re: Windows XP - Pro or Home?

[Simon Pawson <SimonP1234@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My understanding (never having installed XP Home in the flesh) is
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Pro gives you more granular security, enabling you to protect=20
directories/files on the PC so that offspring can't get to your personal=20
holiday photos etc. Whilst that is a fatuous example being able to=20
secure parts of the system from others is useful. You can set up a guest=20
logon (not called guest please) so visitors can start the machine and=20
browse the web but not see personal documents. Lots of domestic PCs were=20
sold with Home. Every Home installation "you know about computers
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wrong with this" seems to not be set up right. Chaos on the HD.=20
Admittedly not helped my "My Documents" on the C drive every
time.

I think there is a limited amount of encryption available in Pro but I=20
use Truecrypt as that is more flexible.

There used to be an MS site that detailed differences but with the=20
effective withdrawal from marketing of XP it might not be available any=20
more

Actually a quick google see: -

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

and the paragraph about "Group Policy - simplifies the administration
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groups of users or computers" is quite useful.

Hope that helps,

Simon

In message <006301c86f03$73f525d0$5bdf7170$@co.uk>, Alex
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<ha@xxxxxxx> writes
>XP Pro will connect to a Windows domain and allow you to login to the
>domain
>and apply all the group policy management and so on, however for normal
>use,
>then I'd go with XP Home. It's easy enough to write a simple logon
script
>to
>login to the domain if you have a domain (either Samba or Windows).
>Your laptop will usually either have a set of recovery disks (basically
a
>Ghost image of the default build) or will have the image on the laptop
and
>tools to produce a recovery disk. The bottom of the laptop will have a
>license sticker attached with the serial number should you need to
>re-install.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of Ho
>Yin Ng
>Sent: 14 February 2008 08:40
>To: ukha_d
>Subject: [ukha_d] Windows XP - Pro or Home?
>I need to buy another copy of Windows XP.
>What exactly is the difference between Pro and Home? Do I need to
>spend an extra =C2=A330 to get Pro? Is the price at ebuyer good?
>Also I have a Fujitsu Siemens laptop with Win XP installed on it, but
>I don't remember it coming with any windows disks. What happens when /
>if I need to do a reinstall?
>What about serial codes etc?
>Thanks
>Ho Yin
>
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Simon Pawson