Re: Is there any problems upgrading from xpsp1 home or xpsp2 home to xpsp2 pro?

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From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:13:10 -0700

In news:vt1gn0l2eur1q21e93rmmr743hqoid8eo4@4ax.com,
Greg R <webworm12@yes.hotmail.com> typed:

>>But are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that XP
>>Home
>>and Professional are identical except that Professional
>>includes
>>a few features (mostly related to security and networking)
>>missing from Home? Most home users don't need and would never
>>use
>>these extra features and will see no benefits by upgrading.
>>
>
> It is for work. So she could network two computers better.
> The boss wants to to be able to access everything from both
> computers.
> One computer will be a home computer upgraded to a pro.
> Another computer will be a windows 98se computer

Then this is almost certainly a good example of a situation in
which XP Professional provides *no* additional benefit.

It does not "network two computers better," and XP Home would
work fine. The only advantage of Professional with regard to
networking is that it permits joining a domain, which Home does
not. For just networking two computers together, both Home and
Professional will work identically.

> Is there any special license for two computer for a sort-of-non
> for
> profit agency ? Microsoft Office and Maybe xp pro.

Not as far as I know, but I'm not sure and could be wrong.

> What is the name of the current version of Microsoft office
> that
> includes all products? Access, Word, Publishers, Excel

Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003 comes with Word, Excel,
Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003 comes with Word,
Excel, Outlook, Outlook with Business Contact Manager, and
Publisher.

Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 comes with Word,
Excel, Outlook, Outlook with Business Contact Manager, Publisher,
and PowerPoint.

See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/compare.mspx

> I thinking about having her buy the compaq preinstalled
> computer at
> wal-mart for $499 then have her upgrade to pro.

As I said, Professional is almost certainly not necessary. 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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