Re: Difference between XP Home and Pro
From: Marc Seidler (admin_at_computerdoctors.net)
Date: 07/07/04
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Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 22:11:38 -0400
Thanks, That is my opinion also.
"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
news:ewA4JHwYEHA.3112@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> The good news is that there are no differences whatsoever between Windows
XP
> Home and Windows XP Professional as far as the network stacks and
protocols
> go. Neither is more or less stable than the other is. In general terms,
> any networked application that works on XP Pro will also work on XP Home
so
> long as it doesn't require domain membership.
>
> The bad news is that your vendor has chosen not to support Windows XP
Home,
> and if you elect to run their application on it you will not be able to
get
> support from them. Yeah, I know that sucks, as a network administrator
> myself I am completely with you. But is it worth saving a few bucks per
> copy of Windows if in return you must toss out the support from the
vendor?
> I know how I'd decide ... I'd bite the bullet and buy XP Pro instead of XP
> Home because if the software goes down you want it fixed right now, not an
> argument with the support staff.
>
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> "Marc Seidler" <admin@computerdoctors.net> wrote in message
> news:O69%23C1vYEHA.212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I have run into this a few times now and I need clarification. According
> > to what I have read regarding the differences, XPH is fine for Peer to
> Peer
> > up to 5 users and that it cannot Logon to a Domain where as XPP can work
> > fine in a Peer to Peer 10 user workgroup and can Logon to a Domain.
Also
> > XPP has much more granularity to the file sharing options from a user
> > permission standpoint. Other than a few other minor utility differences
> > they are the same from a networking standpoint.
> > Here is the problem. I have quiet a few doctors offices as clients
> and
> > their Office Management software developers specifically require XPP
even
> > below 5 users. They claim that in testing XPH is not stable in a
> networking
> > environment. They say they will not support XPH at all. I have not
> found
> > and problems running XPH. There are pretty std networking apps that run
> the
> > client locally and the data files reside on a mapped drive.
> > Any info would be appreciated.
>
>
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