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June 14th, 2013 12:00
Window XP Window XP Professional
I want to install Win XP Professional to replace about a dozen missing system files in my Win my Win XP PC. First, what's the difference between between the two OSs? Second, Can I install Win XP Professional over my existing Win XP?
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speedstep
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June 14th, 2013 12:00
Windows XP Home Edition Overview
Windows XP Home Edition includes a number of enhancements over Windows 2000 Professional. These include:
XP Professional Edition: Superset of Home Edition
At its most basic level, XP Professional is a business- and power-user oriented superset of Home Edition. Because this orientation, it includes features that wouldn't be appropriate, or would be too complex, for the typical home user. The most obvious difference is security, which is vastly simplified in Home Edition. Each interactive user in XP Home is assumed to be a member of the Owners local group, which is the Windows XP equivalent of the Windows 2000 Administrator account: This means that anyone who logs on to a Home Edition machine has full control. Likewise, the Backup Operators, Power Users, and Replicator groups from Windows 2000/XP Pro are missing from Home Edition, and a new group, called Restricted Users, is added. Hidden administrative shares (C$, etc.) are also unavailable in Home Edition.
You cannot upgrade or install XP Pro over XP home you have to reinstall from scratch.
Philip_Yip
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June 15th, 2013 09:00
You are best to perform a clean installation if you don't need the features mentioned above in Windows XP professional there is no point in wasting additional cash on a license particularly for an Operating system which is reaching its end of life. See Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 - End of Life April 2014.
If you are to buy a new license it would be more advisable to buy Windows 7 (recommended) or Windows 8 however your Dell has to have the capabilities to run Windows 7. For more information state your model of Dell.
To Clean Install Windows XP, 7 or 8 follow the relevant sections in my Windows Reinstallation Guide:
http://philipyip.wordpress.com/dell-community-forums/