Window XP Home vs Professional Edition

Window XP Home vs Professional Edition is the debate among many people the world over.

Why would you want to upgrade from Window XP Home Edition to the Window XP Professional Edition?

If you're a home user and using your computer for home use only, you probably could do without the Window XP Professional Edition.

However, If you're using your computer for home use as well as connecting to your company's server at work then you would want the Window XP Professional Edition.

The Windows XP Home vs Professional Edition gap begins to widen when it comes to larger computer networks.

You would know what I mean if you wanted to do some company work at home using your home computer.

If your company's server is part of a domain, you have to have the ability to log on to a Windows domain server and Window XP Professional Edition has that feature.

In the area of security, the gap begins to widen even more between the Window XP Home Edition and Window XP Professional Edition.

With the Window XP Professional Edition, you have the ability to create the NT File System (NTFS) which enables you to protect sensitive data on your hard drive.

The Window XP Professional Edition can encrypt your files as well as control access to them with read only or read and write permissions.

The Window XP Professional Edition can also create and control groups, i.e. corporate, accounting, maintenance, etc.

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In Summary, the differences between the Windows XP Home vs Professional Edition are as follows:

Remote Desktop
Offline Files and Folders
Scalable Processor Support
Encrypting File System
Access Control
Designed to manage Microsoft Windows Servers
Centralized Administration
Group Control
Software Installation and Maintenance
Roaming User Profiles
Remote Installation Service

So you see there is quite a gap between the Window XP Home vs Professional Edition.

The main difference being whether you need to connect to larger corporate computer networks.

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