Q: What is XP Home is missing?
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Best Answer: The professional version supports the follwoing features
Remote Desktop feature,
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
Dynamic Disk Support – Windows XP Professional (like its Windows 2000 equivalent) supports dynamic disks, but Home Edition does not
Fax – Home Edition has no integrated fax functionality out of the box, though it is an option you can install from the XP Home CD.
Internet Information Services/Personal Web Server – Home Edition does not include the IIS Web server 5.1 software found in Pro.
Security
Encrypting File System – Windows XP Professional supports the Encrypting File System (EFS), which allows you encrypt individual files or folders for local security (EFS is not enabled over a network). EFS-protected files and folders allows users to protect sensitive documents from other users.
File-level access control – Any user with Administrator privileges can limit access to certain network resources, such as servers, directories, and files, using access control lists. Only Windows XP Professional supports file-level access control, mostly because this feature is typically implemented through Group Policy Objects, which are also not available in Home Edition.
"C2" certification – Microsoft will attempt to have Windows XP Professional certified with the "C2" security designation, a largely irrelevant status, but one which will not be afforded to Home Edition.
Management
Domain membership – Home Edition cannot be used to logon to an Active Directory domain. For obvious reasons, the Domain Wizard is also missing in Home Edition.
Group Policy – Since Home Edition cannot be used to logon to an Active Directory domain, Group Policy–whereby applications, network resources, and operating systems are administered for domain users–is not supported either.
IntelliMirror – Microsoft lumps a wide range of semi-related change and configuration management technologies under the IntelliMirror umbrella, and none of these features are supported in the consumer oriented Home Edition. IntelliMirror capabilities include user data management; centrally-managed software installation, repair, updating, and removal; user settings management; and Remote Installation Services (RIS), which allows administrators to remotely install the OS on client systems.
Roaming profiles – This feature allows users to logon to any computer in an Active Directory network and automatically receive their customized settings. It is not available in Home Edition, which cannot logon to an Active Directory domain.
Corporate deployment
Multi-language support – Only Windows XP Professional will ship in a Multi-Language version or support multiple languages in a single install.
Sysprep support – Windows XP Pro will support the System Preparation (Sysprep) utility, while Home Edition will not.
RIS support – See the IntelliMirror heading in the previous section; Home Edition does not support RIS deployments.
64-bit Edition
Microsoft is shipping a 64-bit version of Windows XP for Intel Itanium systems that mirrors the Professional Edition feature-set.
Networking features
The following networking features are not included in Home Edition:
The user interface for IPSecurity (IPSec)
SNMP
Simple TCP/IP services
SAP Agent
Client Service for NetWare
Network Monitor
Multiple Roaming feature
User interface features
Windows XP Home Edition has some different default settings that affect the user interface. For example, Guest logon is on by default in Home, but off in Pro. The Address bar in Explorer windows is on in Pro by default, but off in Home. During the beta period, Microsoft had intended to use a business-oriented shell theme ("Professional") by default in Pro and the "Luna" consumer theme in Home Edition. But feedback from corporate users suggested that everyone liked the consumer-oriented Luna theme better, and development of the Professional theme was cancelled. Other user interface features that are present in Pro but not Home include:
Client-side caching
HTH
David
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Whats the difference between XP Home and XP pro?
THX
Must be related to Dale Earnhardt or something.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
XP Pro will be able to network with a Mac better. Trust me on that one.
I've had no trouble networking either XP Home or Pro – what problems have you seen?
Re:Originally posted by: guy
XP Pro will be able to network with a Mac better. Trust me on that one.
Can you elaborate on that? I don't see why one would be better than the other when you just use Samba on the Mac.
Re:Originally posted by: hatim
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Im sure if that the 3508 wasnt there, you ppl would have flamed the hellp outa him 
Actually, I'd feel more inclined to flame him because of that.
Someone who's been around for nearly three years should know what to post and what to do a simply googling for.
Re:XP Pro will be able to network with a Mac better. Trust me on that one.
Re:I'm with mike
Anyway, I won't answer the question, but I will say I prefer Pro for several reasons.
Group Policy Object x 3
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Im sure if that the 3508 wasnt there, you ppl would have flamed the hellp outa him
I was seriously thinking about it. This question gets asked almost once a week here. What I don't understand is why no one thinks of going to the manufacturer's site for this type of information. I mean if your looking for a car and what features it has vs another model I always go to the manufacturer's site first. Why not do it for software too?
If you have to deal with M$, you may be better off dealing with the car dealer 
I deal with Microsoft all day long. Doesn't bother me. I kinda like my car dealer too!
Re:$ 100 bucks price difference from Mictosoft.
$ 51 difference from NewEgg (http://www.newegg.com/software/?DEPA=6)
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Originally posted by: hatim
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Im sure if that the 3508 wasnt there, you ppl would have flamed the hellp outa him
I was seriously thinking about it. This question gets asked almost once a week here. What I don't understand is why no one thinks of going to the manufacturer's site for this type of information. I mean if your looking for a car and what features it has vs another model I always go to the manufacturer's site first. Why not do it for software too?
I'll be honest – I didn't look at the post count but I am amazed at the number of questions asked here which can easily be answered via Google or on the company's own site
google, nah we are lazy 
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Im sure if that the 3508 wasnt there, you ppl would have flamed the hellp outa him
I was seriously thinking about it. This question gets asked almost once a week here. What I don't understand is why no one thinks of going to the manufacturer's site for this type of information. I mean if your looking for a car and what features it has vs another model I always go to the manufacturer's site first. Why not do it for software too?
If you have to deal with M$, you may be better off dealing with the car dealer
Re:XP Home has the green progree bar when booting up and XP Pro has the blue one. With XP Pro, you can choose to log in the old way, by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del and you can lock the computer and stuff. That's about all the difference I normally see.
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Originally posted by: hatim
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Im sure if that the 3508 wasnt there, you ppl would have flamed the hellp outa him
I was seriously thinking about it. This question gets asked almost once a week here. What I don't understand is why no one thinks of going to the manufacturer's site for this type of information. I mean if your looking for a car and what features it has vs another model I always go to the manufacturer's site first. Why not do it for software too?
I'll be honest – I didn't look at the post count but I am amazed at the number of questions asked here which can easily be answered via Google or on the company's own site
Re:Originally posted by: hatim
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Im sure if that the 3508 wasnt there, you ppl would have flamed the hellp outa him
I was seriously thinking about it. This question gets asked almost once a week here. What I don't understand is why no one thinks of going to the manufacturer's site for this type of information. I mean if your looking for a car and what features it has vs another model I always go to the manufacturer's site first. Why not do it for software too?
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Re:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx
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