From: noJimspam@omitThisHarganonline.com   
      
   On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:17:21 +1000, Tom Krieg wrote:   
   >   
   > IIRC there's a problem with XP home and networking. Your experience with   
   > XP Pro and Win2000 seems to confirm this. IMO, no-one except maybe a   
   > grade school or junior high-school student should be using XP Home.   
      
   I've run across early accounts of XP Home that indicated serious problems   
   with networking -- can't remember what. Now, however, XP Home networking is   
   XP Pro networking with just two types of accounts (administator and power   
   user) and no group policies. Works just fine to hook three or four   
   computers together to share DSL, printers, and files; I saved $300US by   
   upgrading three workstations to Home rather than to Pro. As I have Pro and   
   2000 on other machines, I can't say I miss the extra networking oomph on   
   this tiny set-up.   
      
   Office setups are different. There you need tighter control over individual   
   stations, as various employees drift in and out -- even on a 5 or 6 station   
   set-up. But for a home set-up, Home works just fine at half the price.   
      
      
   Jim Hargan   
      
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