I have never used Windows XP Home?

Question

I have always worked on Windows Xp Pro

can some one point out the differences ..i just like the look of XP Home a bit better

Answer 1

Have a look here, it describes the differences between the two.

There are quite a lot - especially concerning networking, file system etc.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457127.aspx



I am not sure in what way the look differs much? I'm working on XP Pro and set it to the classic look so it looks like Win2000 but if I chose the XP look there is no difference to the Home Edition on my laptop.

Answer 2

Windows XP Home Edition



Contains basic support for security among multiple users.

Built-in support for peer-to-peer networking, but only for up to five computers.

The backup utlity is not installed by default, but is included on the CD.

Windows XP Professional Edition



Includes extended support for security between multiple users on the same machine.

Better support for peer-to-peer networking, plus support for joining a "Windows NT domain."

The backup utlity is installed by default.

The Professional edition includes the following components not found in the Home edition:

Administrative Tools (in the Start Menu and Control Panel)

Automated System Recovery (ASR)

Boot Configuration Manager

DriverQuery

Group Policy Refresh Utility

Multi-lingual User Interface (MUI) add-on

NTFS Encryption Utilitiy

Offline Files and Folders

OpenFiles

Performance Log Manager

Remote Desktop

Scheduled Tasks Console

Security Template Utility

Taskkill

Tasklist

Telnet Administrator

Provides support for multi-processor systems (2 or 4 CPUs), Dynamic Disks, Fax.

Answer 3

XP Home just is missing a few feature from pro. There isnt that much of a difference.



Although if you have 2GB of RAM you should upgrade to Vista. I use 64bit Vista Ultimate at home and I could never have been happier with it. Almost all the bugs are gone with Service Pack 1

Answer 4

If you have paid for windows your are the biggest douche ever.. allways download your operating system off torrent.. you get a better slimed down windows that runs smoother and has things like firefox and winrar allready installed.. i have a xp copy of pro that all you have to do is pick the partition to install on and it does everything else, your at a desktop in 20 min. Home has alot of cmd.exe commands missing and other administration mini progs and such..

Answer 5

It is not the same. There are multitude of differences in the networking capabilities, among other things. Also the built in windows backup isn't installed by default in home ed.



For more details, I've recommended others to read this:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp



There is a section called "Pro features that aren't in Home Edition" that answers your question in more detail.

Answer 6

http://windows.about.com/od/updatingupgrading/a/xp_home_prof.htm



maybe look at that, or google Windows XP Home vs Windows XP Pro

Answer 7

xp is outdated get vista or wait for windows 7

Answer 8

Some major differences:



1-XP Pro systems can join a domain; XP Home systems can't, which limits its use to home and SOHO environments because it can't use any corporate-specific features such as IntelliMirror.



2-Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 and Personal Web Server (PWS) are found only in XP Pro.



3-Direct access to the Administrator account is available only in XP Pro. XP Home users must log on using Safe mode to access the Administrator account.



4-XP Pro supports Remote Desktop, which is basically a single-user version of Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services. XP Home supports only Remote Assistance.



5-Networking-related Group Policy Objects (GPO) are available only in XP Pro. XP Home supports no group policies.



6-Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS) and Sysprep are supported only in XP Pro.



7-The Network Monitor application is available only in XP Pro.



8-The UI for IP Security (IPSec) is available only in XP Pro.



9-SNMP support, Simple TCP/IP Services, the service access point (SAP) and Client Services for NetWare (CSNW) are available only in XP Pro.



10-XP Home supports only simple file sharing. Detailed file-level security permissions such as those found in Win2K are available only in XP Pro, which also supports the simple file-sharing model that XP Home uses.



11-XP Pro lets users limit the number of connections to shared folders and control user access by account. XP Home users access shared folders through the Guest account, which is disabled by default in XP Pro.



12- You can upgrade Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and Win2K Professional only to XP Pro. You can upgrade Windows 9x versions since Windows 98 only to XP Home. Neither version supports upgrades from Windows 95.

Answer 9

Erm... they look the same!!!



XP Home is just a cut-down version. XP pro is the full version.

Answer 10

Home is fool proof. You cannot mess it up unless you purposely enter your DOS and rewrite everything.



Pro gives you a little more business stuff and a little more freedom. THOUGH freedom comes with less restrictions thus more easy to screw something up.

Answer 11

xp pro is for people who use their computers for work, x home is just for home use

Answer 12

Cost. And some added features. But most people don't need 'em.

Answer 13

Same

Answer 14

my cat jumps thro the Window..

Answer 15

not really any differences....... just different look.

Answer 16

where are you been man?