XP Home v XP Pro

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Is their any intrinsic/functional/architectural difference between XP Home
edition and XP Pro edition - I know Pro has additional facilities such as
Backup/Restore and more extensive Security management etc, but I thought they
were essentially the same.

I ask because that is the only reason I can proffer for a software product
not working on my computer, which is XP Home, yet I know it works on XP Pro
system, I've installed it an ran it on such.

I installed it onto a freshly formatted system disk onto which I had just
installed XP Home, still it did not work. I've never struck this problem
before, I have much more substantial s/w installed than this little "gizmo"
such as .NET Framewark, Sun jre and jde, MS VisStudion etc OpenOffice to name
a few.

It's the s/w vendors problem of course but they dont give me any confidence
they understand the problem - keep telling me to ensure I have NTFS installed
properly.
 
Philip said:
Is their any intrinsic/functional/architectural difference between XP Home
edition and XP Pro edition - I know Pro has additional facilities such as
Backup/Restore and more extensive Security management etc, but I thought they
were essentially the same.

I ask because that is the only reason I can proffer for a software product
not working on my computer, which is XP Home, yet I know it works on XP Pro
system, I've installed it an ran it on such.

I installed it onto a freshly formatted system disk onto which I had just
installed XP Home, still it did not work. I've never struck this problem
before, I have much more substantial s/w installed than this little "gizmo"
such as .NET Framewark, Sun jre and jde, MS VisStudion etc OpenOffice to name
a few.

It's the s/w vendors problem of course but they dont give me any confidence
they understand the problem - keep telling me to ensure I have NTFS installed
properly.
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The WinXP Home and WinXP Pro versions are _identical_ when it comes
to performance, stability, and device driver and software application
compatibility, but are intended to meet different functionality,
networking, security, and ease-of-use needs, in different environments.
The most significant differences are that WinXP Pro allows up to 10
simultaneous inbound network connections while WinXP Home only allows
only 5, WinXP Pro is designed to join a Microsoft domain (a crucial
capability at most universities) while WinXP Home cannot, and only WinXP
Pro supports file encryption and IIS. (Oh, and WinXP Pro usually costs
roughly $100 USD more than WinXP Home.)

Windows XP Comparison Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Which Edition Is Right for You
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

Windows XP Home Edition vs. Professional Edition
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp


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Hi,

Architecturally, they are the same. Software that works on one should work
on the other. What sort of errors are you running in to?

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Philip said:
Is their any intrinsic/functional/architectural difference between XP
Home edition and XP Pro edition - I know Pro has additional
facilities such as Backup/Restore and more extensive Security
management etc, but I thought they were essentially the same.

I ask because that is the only reason I can proffer for a software
product not working on my computer, which is XP Home, yet I know it
works on XP Pro system, I've installed it an ran it on such.

I installed it onto a freshly formatted system disk onto which I had
just installed XP Home, still it did not work. I've never struck
this problem before, I have much more substantial s/w installed than
this little "gizmo" such as .NET Framewark, Sun jre and jde, MS
VisStudion etc OpenOffice to name a few.

It's the s/w vendors problem of course but they dont give me any
confidence they understand the problem - keep telling me to ensure I
have NTFS installed properly.
Click to expand...

What is the software you want to install?
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''I ask because that is the only reason I can proffer for a software
product
not working on my computer, which is XP Home, yet I know it works on XP
Pro
system, I've installed it an ran it on such. ''

There are so many variables from one installation to another that just
because it worked on an XP Pro machine and not on a Home Edition
machine does not mean that it works on Pro and not on Home.

It's more likely there is a conflict with the setup. You may not have
something installed the program needs or you may have something
installed that's conflicting with the software.

What 'gizmo' are you trying to install?
 
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