April 2002
Beginner
640 pages
27h 54m
English
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Windows XP Home and Professional Editions
Although only the Home and Professional editions of Windows XP are covered in this book, there are actually six editions of Microsoft Windows XP:
Windows XP Home
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP .NET Standard Server
Windows .NET Enterprise Server
Windows .NET Datacenter Server
Windows XP 64-bit[3]
Although all these editions of XP are similar, only the Home and Professional editions will be of interest to end users, while the others are intended for use in large corporations (Enterprise) as high-end server platforms.
The Home and Professional editions of Windows XP are nearly identical; the only differences are additional features found in the Professional edition that will appeal to power users and small businesses. The primary differences, aside from the price and the color of the packaging, are shown in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1. Differences between Windows XP Professional and Home editions
|
Windows XP Home |
Windows XP Professional | |
|---|---|---|
|
Multiple processor support |
None. |
Single and dual-processor systems are supported. |
|
Networking |
Built-in support for peer-to-peer networking for up to five computers. |
Built-in support for peer-to-peer networking, plus support for joining a Windows NT domain. |
|
Backup software included |
No. |
Yes, plus Automated System Recovery (ASR). |
|
Dynamic Disk support |
No. |
Yes. |
In addition, Windows XP Professional also includes the following tools and accessories (all documented in Chapter 4):
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