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More info?)
Hi Chris,
They are the same internal engine, it's just that XP SP2 Home is missing
some policy editors commonly only used in a corporate environment. The core
operating system is the same. Differences:
- WinXP Pro will allow 10 inbound connections, Home only 5
- Pro has policy editors (useful in a corporate environment)
- Pro has IIS (useful if you build server apps)
- Pro can become part of a domain (another corporate use)
- Both use simple file sharing by default, but it can only be disabled in
Pro
- Firewall and file security between users is the same
- Encrypted file system is only available in Pro
If you need any of the benefits of a Pro system, then go with it. Otherwise,
most home users are happy with XP Home.
More details:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Chris Taylor" <ctaylor@nosspam.au.net.netc> wrote in message
news:41bc208f@news.comindico.com.au...
> is XP home sp2 and XP Pro SP2 the same
>
> Chris Taylor wrote:
>> I have a computer that never touches the net I would like to install XP
>> Pto Sp2 can I get a copy of this somehow
>>
>
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