whats the difference between windows xp home edition and windows xp professional?and which is better?also how to i completely erase everything from my computer including windows?i have a reinstallation cd.i want to start fresh and erase everything and reinstall.thank you for your answers and time.
2006-07-15 03:23:04 · 6 answers · asked by lori b 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Windows XP Home Edition
* Contains basic support for security among multiple users.
* Built-in support for peer-to-peer networking, but only for up to five computers.
* The backup utlity is not installed by default, but is included on the CD.
Windows XP Professional Edition
* Includes extended support for security between multiple users on the same machine.
* Better support for peer-to-peer networking, plus support for joining a "Windows NT domain."
* The backup utlity is installed by default.
* The Professional edition includes the following components not found in the Home edition:
o Administrative Tools (in the Start Menu and Control Panel)
o Automated System Recovery (ASR)
o Boot Configuration Manager
o DriverQuery
o Group Policy Refresh Utility
o Multi-lingual User Interface (MUI) add-on
o NTFS Encryption Utilitiy
o Offline Files and Folders
o OpenFiles
o Performance Log Manager
o Remote Desktop
o Scheduled Tasks Console
o Security Template Utility
o Taskkill
o Tasklist
o Telnet Administrator
* Provides support for multi-processor systems (2 or 4 CPUs), Dynamic Disks, Fax.
2006-07-15 04:01:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows XP Pro has the Backup Utility
Windows XP Pro has more functions
Windows XP Pro has better Internet Connectivity
2006-07-15 03:30:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well if u are just a simple user using XP at home then home edition is sufficient for u..if u r a programmer then pro is better cos u can do ur prog and other things very easily there. with pro u can also do web prog on ur comp itself making it server and client at the same time.
2006-07-15 03:29:53 · answer #3 · answered by joey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely, if the hardware configurations are close then the courses ought to run in addition on both, oftentimes speaking notwithstanding Adobe CS6 would not help the recent MacBook Retina demonstrate yet - yet with slightly of success ought to very quickly
2016-10-14 11:56:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pro is for logging on to a domain.
2006-07-15 03:26:52 · answer #5 · answered by cute_ark_girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had both and honestly I couldn't tell the difference.
2006-07-15 03:28:23 · answer #6 · answered by lucyp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋