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What is the difference between WIN XP Home Edition and the Professional Edition?.
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Mostly networking features and are not used by most consumers. I have Windows XP Pro SP2 on one computer and one WIndows XP Home SP2. I can't really tell the difference. I don't use any of the additional features.
Roger
Thanx. Do you happen to know what kind of features exactly can tell you the difference between the two?
and a very good place to start locating some of those differences is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx
That is just the tip of the iceberg though because there are additional differences in HOW certain things are configured. The pro version provides the user with much more extensive customization capability and tools. The above link however will also enable you to research the differences in detail.
Enjoy.
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