re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows XP Home and Professional editions?'
Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at 3:18 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Adam Bradley
(7823 messages posted)
when it comes to network security home and pro are no different neither will
password protect a shared folder or printer you can make them read only or read write
nothing more (I have tried everything) XP has NO network passwords, I have
found no differences big enough to justify the extra $100
On Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 8:48 pm, ckrokit wrote:
>Along with what's already been mentioned, XP Home has had the security measures
that
>even Win 9x systems have, disabled/stripped out. In other words, you won't be able
>to put passwords on shared resources. XP Home was designed for the home environment,
>where supposedly MS thought that all that much security was not necessary. Simple
>file and print sharing is about all that is available in XP Home. It won't remember
>passwords for logging in to shares either. At least not that I have been able to
>determine. PC Mag has had articles on the subject within the past 3 months. You
>are better off with XP Pro if you need any kind of security on the machine at all.
> C K
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