What stops XP Home being XP Pro 1

[wolluf]

Not a problem - just curious. Linney supplied a link with effectively a registry hack which allows XP Home to join a domain. This just got me thinking - how much of the difference between Home & Pro is down to registry 'hobbling'? (eg - after Home connects to domain with the hack in place, will it start using non simplified file sharing - which is default for Pro in this situation, but is not available in Home).

Could we produce a FAQ for Home users who need (some) Pro functionality?

 

[Snickle]

Two big things in WinXP Pro that are not in WinXP HE, Group Policy Editor [gpedit.msc] and support for 2 Processor Chips [CPUs].

 

[bullhlms]

wolluf,
A friend who does system installations told me he has upgraded home to pro by adding "five or six files".

 

[my2Cents]

Ask your friend to post thoes files here...lol

 

[johnsonm]

Why not just use Pro instead of Home? I'd never use Home if I had a choice. And since it's probably just as illegal to add "5 or 6 files" to Home as it is to use Pro w/o a legal license I say take the plunge. =P

 

[scholar24]

as well as not being able to join a domain, or remote desktop into the XP pro machine, go Pro.

TC

 

[cdogg]

scholar,
I'm not so sure you actually read wolluf's post. I'm sure he's well aware of the differences between Home and Pro. That's not the issue here...


~cdogg

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