Windows XP Home does not have this feature. This saves a lot of time for the administrator since he need not physically go to each and every system to install software upgrades or new software. This feature is not available in Windows XP Home in which software has to be installed or upgraded by physically working on the system.
User Group Control In Windows XP Professional users can be clustered under groups and rights and privileges can be assigned to groups of users. This allows system administrators ease of control and maintenances of users. Windows XP does not have the feature of user groups. Roving User Facility Windows XP Professional gives its users a feature called Roving wherein a user can recreate the exact same environment in his System in another System under the same Windows server network.
This is like the user carrying the PC settings and environment wherever he works in a network. This facility is not available in Windows XP Home. File encryption and restrictions Windows XP Professional has the facility of keeping the files and resources of on user of the system private from another user of the system. This is achieved by local system security policies and file encryption features available in Windows XP Professional.
Application Control Not only files can be restricted on a per-user basis, but also applications can be restricted on a Windows XP Professional system. Certain applications or programs can be made available only to certain users and access or ability of the user to run or execute certain programs can be blocked.
This faclility is not there in a Windows XP Home based system. Offline File Access And Synchronizing Certain files available on the network can be made available and usable even after disconnecting from the network on a Windows XP Professional based computer.
This feature is called File Synchronization wherein the changes or updations made in the network files are synchronized once the computer is connected back into the network. This automatic synchronization facility is not there in Windows XP Home. Easy Localization and Switching Windows XP Professional gives its user the ability to change the display and input languages anytime and switching of languages is done on the fly.
This is very useful for users working on a multi-lingual environment. But in the case of Windows XP Home you can select a language during installation and it cannot be changed later. Multi Processor computer 2. Computers connected to a huge windows server based network, controlled and administered by system administrators 3.
Power users who use features like remote desktop, user roving etc 4. Systems where multiple users login and file security is important to keep each users data private 5. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! I am going to install this onto a real PC and EsotericUsername said that it works fine activating by phone, so I'm gonna try that.
Thanks, EsotericUsername! Reviewer: EsotericUsername - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 25, Subject: Works well will product key provided.
Anybody bitching about product keys obviously didn't try activating by phone. It works just fine and activates no problem. Reviewer: meta-one - - August 15, Subject: perhaps modified? Can't find reference to the sha1 sum of this. Activation via internet just gives an error, and activation via phone says invalid key.
To those who insist that people are entering the key wrong, sorry but they key works until activation, and the installation ID does not work for activation. Reviewer: thefeelguy - favorite favorite favorite - July 22, Subject: Home Edition only? People this is a Home Edition, yeah!
What r u being so thankful about, its not a Professional copy. Thank you, Thank you. But ur happiness matter. O is in English! Reviewer: jetracerone - favorite favorite favorite - April 14, Subject: i have a product key on the side of my computer i.