Windows XP (Home/Pro)

Re: Windows XP vs. Windows Home

shadows — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:01:44 GMT

hi, what is IIS? is IIS will be needed if you are creating a web base program and if you are using a scripting? such as ASP?

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Re: Windows XP vs. Windows Home

bradenmikael — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:06:36 GMT

Yeah, really. I refuse to run Windows XP Home Edition. It's too slimmed down for my liking. Professional is the way to go with me.

Re: Windows XP vs. Windows Home

owsteve — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:31:36 GMT

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Re: Windows XP vs. Windows Home

icelava — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:44:20 GMT

[quote user="Jason.N.Gaylord"]I believe there is also a limitation on 5 XP Home PCs you can have in a workgroup.[/quote]Woah that is some pretty draconian measure. So much for some serious LAN partying (I mean, file sharing).

The "problem" with Home is it really is meant for home use. You cannot join up an AD domain and run IIS (unless you wish to hack aplenty). Not suitable for us developers at all.

Re: Windows XP vs. Windows Home

Jason.N.Gaylord — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:30:18 GMT

To add to this, I believe there is also a limitation on 5 XP Home PCs you can have in a workgroup.

Re: Windows XP vs. Windows Home

geoff.appleby — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:12:51 GMT

The biggest differences, as far as I was always concerned was that there was no IIS, and I always presumed that Home can't join a domain.

No IIS is enough for me to have never have looked at it :)

Re: Windows XP vs. Windows Home

Mitch Denny — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:27:59 GMT

Hi Steve,

Great question :) Windows XP provides additional features such as file system encryption and access control, as well as some neat things like remote access to the desktop. Here is a pretty full breakdown of the different features:

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

Windows XP vs. Windows Home

ssmith — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 03:32:07 GMT

What's the major difference between Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home? To me, the main thing that makes me want Pro is the fact that it comes with IIS (although it doesn't have it installed by default - you have to manually install it - but that's not a big deal). Also there are some security settings that you can set in XP that aren't allowed in Home. Does someone have a link that explains all the differences?