this is a really dumb question, but has any had any issues with software compatibility wih XP pro vs XP home? A guy I work with said he ran into an issue, with a program he was running under XP Pro, so he had XP home put on instead, and the issue was no more. well not quite, instead, whoever did it managed to install Pro anlong with home, so when he boots up, it asks him which version he wants to boot with. That just can't be right. Input would be appreciated. thanks.
XP pro vs XP home
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That's not a dumb question at all, it's a perfectly reasonable one. It becomes dumb only if you have to ask it twice because you forgot the answer... :smile:
The only functional difference I've ever noted between XP Home and Pro versions is that the latter can be part of a Windows network domain, the former can't. Therefore any software that depends on features of Microsoft's distributed file system won't work with XP Home. It's not easy, for instance, to share storage on an XP Home machine on a home network with adequate security and access controls... or at least what *I* would consider to be adequate security and access controls, but I'm a little paranoid about computer security.
For other things though, like the common office productivity applications like word processing and spreadsheets, utilities, games, security suites, and whatnot, my experience is that XP Home and XP Pro behave exactly the same way.
And finally, it's actually fairly straightforward to have multiple operating systems on a single machine. Mine has both XP Home and Linux on it. I've never tried XP Home and Pro on one machine, but there's no reason I know of that it couldn't be done.
The only functional difference I've ever noted between XP Home and Pro versions is that the latter can be part of a Windows network domain, the former can't. Therefore any software that depends on features of Microsoft's distributed file system won't work with XP Home. It's not easy, for instance, to share storage on an XP Home machine on a home network with adequate security and access controls... or at least what *I* would consider to be adequate security and access controls, but I'm a little paranoid about computer security.
For other things though, like the common office productivity applications like word processing and spreadsheets, utilities, games, security suites, and whatnot, my experience is that XP Home and XP Pro behave exactly the same way.
And finally, it's actually fairly straightforward to have multiple operating systems on a single machine. Mine has both XP Home and Linux on it. I've never tried XP Home and Pro on one machine, but there's no reason I know of that it couldn't be done.
I agree with Dexter Sinister on several points including the fact that your question is not dumb at all. In fact, I have wondered many times what differences exists (if any) between the two XP versions.
A friend recently told me that XP home tends to run faster when playing games that are audio and video heavy. In my estimation that probably includes every game written, but frankly I have never noticed any difference at all. The Windows networking feature is the most obvious difference.
A friend recently told me that XP home tends to run faster when playing games that are audio and video heavy. In my estimation that probably includes every game written, but frankly I have never noticed any difference at all. The Windows networking feature is the most obvious difference.
