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More info?)
It's possible to do a "Home to Pro" upgrade using the "upgrade" version
of Pro. I'm not sure that it's better than a clean install, but for
some people it might be $100 cheaper. At one time, there was an
explicit "Home to Pro" upgrade product, separate from the more general
"upgrade" product, but I have not seen that in years.
Sept1967 wrote:
> Sounds like I will play around with XP Home , and if it is too lacking, I
> will still blow it away for a full XP Pro installation. Thanks...
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> "Andrew" <usenetMYSHOES@bizaveMYSHOES.com> wrote in message
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>>Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>>: There is really very little difference between XP Home and Pro. The
>>: biggest difference is that XP Home cannot join an Active Directory
>>: Domain, which is the normal mode of operation in large corporate
>>: server-based networks. If you don't need that (and very few
>>: non-corporate users do), Home will likely be just fine.
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>>There are a couple of things I'd like to do with XP Pro that I can't
>>do with Home. For one, I'd like to password-protect some shared
>>folders that are visible over a network. I think I can do that in XP
>>Pro but I can't seem to in Home. There are some other things I'm
>>finding I'd like to do in Pro, so I'm going to try to upgrade one of
>>these days.
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>>: [Home also does not have the full NTFS security and encryption
>>: implementations, and does not have "remote control", but it does have
>>: "remote assistance", which can be used for remote contol as long as
>>: someone is present to start it up each time].
>>
>>Yep, and you can also install VNC (RealVNC has a free version) to
>>allow "remote control" of a Windows XP Home computer.
>>
>>Andrew
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>>: Sept1967 wrote:
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>>: > And also new to laptops.
>>: >
>>: > Got a great deal on a Compaq. It came with XP Home edition SP2.
>>: >
>>: > Now , with desktops, we always use XP Pro for networking. This came
>>with XP
>>: > Home. Is there any drawback to using Home on a laptop? This is only
>>going to
>>: > be using free WiFi on the road. Or the modem at cheap hotels without
>>WiFi..
>>: >
>>: >
>>: >
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