Thanks for the replies. So, here's my dilemma. I am currently running Win98SE. I need a larger hard drive. If I install Win98 on the new drive, will I have to wipe it clean if I later want a clean install of XP? I was just trying to find a way to avoid a mess later. It sounds like a mess either way...can't move XP perhaps or have to copy and remove all data, reformat and install NTFS with XP. Argh!!!!
? Not quite sure what you are asking, but I will take a random stab. There is an OEM and a RETAIL version of both xp PRO and HOME which absolutly no difference between them aside from price. PRO is about twice the price of HOME, but adds alot of handy features that you probably wouldn't know about unless you read up on them or knew what you were looking for (xp home doesn't have a group policy editor, things like that:?)
PRO is about twice the price of HOME, but adds alot of handy features that you probably wouldn't know about unless you read up on them
A little more than that. XP Pro has Remote Desktop support, the ability to join domains, NetBEUI, advanced file sharing (e.g., permissions on shares/files), user management via Computer Management and a bunch of other networking and remote administration tools.
This isn't a site dedicate to those sorts of things so I'll get this out of the way quick and with a disclaimer.
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More appropriate is to find an XP update disk that way you stay legal, because from the OEM training they give us using an OEM disk on old hardware would be a violation of the license. BUT you can buy new hardware (Motherboard, CPU and a hard drive) and use that to refurbish your old PC which would make it by MS's definition a NEW PC and then you can put a legal copy of XP PRO OEM on it.
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Thanks, Kacey. After some thought, I think the OEM route is not worth the potential hassle, unless I'm going to build a new machine. I'll just wait and stick with Win98SE for now. Perhaps I can catch a good deal on either a full copy of XP Pro or the upgrade version later on. Thanks.
I would get XP after you get the motherboard and processor (network card if applicable) and then continue upgrading in whatever order is most comfortable for you, you are allowed to reinstall to a different hard drive in the same computer, but you will need to call MS to buy a new license if you move from one motherboard to the next (you could try calling them first but the answer will probably be no, doesn't hurt to ask [don't forget to get the operator's name should you run into problems])
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Thanks, Kacey. After some thought, I think the OEM route is not worth the potential hassle, unless I'm going to build a new machine. I'll just wait and stick with Win98SE for now. Perhaps I can catch a good deal on either a full copy of XP Pro or the upgrade version later on. Thanks.
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PRO is about twice the price of HOME, but adds alot of handy features that you probably wouldn't know about unless you read up on them
A little more than that. XP Pro has Remote Desktop support, the ability to join domains, NetBEUI, advanced file sharing (e.g., permissions on shares/files), user management via Computer Management and a bunch of other networking and remote administration tools.
XP's remote desktop is nice, I do give you that, but for the kind of person that would be asking this question, things like netBEUI would be considered "handy features that you probably wouldnt know about uless you read up on them"
It's my understanding that NETBEUI is no longer officially supported in the XP line, you can install it off of the CD if you hunt for it, but... True?
I believe so. It's certainly not in the add components list. And good riddance, IMHO. I was just pointing out that advanced networking capabilities (who'd have thunk that NetBEUI was an "advanced networking capability" in the day...) are in XP Pro, as opposed to XP Home. For me, remote desktop and the ability to join a domain are the critical differentiators.
XP Pro has Remote Desktop support, the ability to join domains, NetBEUI, advanced file sharing (e.g., permissions on shares/files), user management via Computer Management and a bunch of other networking and remote administration tools.
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