XP Home or Pro?
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Looking to configure a system to take to uni with me. Anyway, basic question is whether to go for XP home or Pro. The difference cost wise will be <£50. Apparently i don't need Pro to connect to the university network and from what i've read the only advantages are extra network options which i'll probably never use? I've looked at the microsoft site to try and work out the advantages, but i failed.
XP Home will do, won't it?
Cheers,
Rob.
XP Home will do, won't it?
Cheers,
Rob.
XP Home doesnt support authentication cookies.
so when you try and connect to anny mapped drives, it WONT automatically provide your current login credentials,
put simply, you WILL have to login to every network share by hand every time.
if you dont mind this..
Go for it..
I soon tired of it
so when you try and connect to anny mapped drives, it WONT automatically provide your current login credentials,
put simply, you WILL have to login to every network share by hand every time.
if you dont mind this..
Go for it..
I soon tired of it
JamieBeeston said:
XP Home doesnt support authentication cookies.
so when you try and connect to anny mapped drives, it WONT automatically provide your current login credentials,
put simply, you WILL have to login to every network share by hand every time.
if you dont mind this..
Go for it..
I soon tired of it
Are you sure? I've just tested this on a laptop, and it certainly appears to work here. That's connecting to a W2K server, with account limited shares and security - with identical username and password on the XP box, mapped drives open automatically. Change the XP box password, and it doesn't authenticate.
softwaresorcerer said:
Are you sure? I've just tested this on a laptop, and it certainly appears to work here. That's connecting to a W2K server, with account limited shares and security - with identical username and password on the XP box, mapped drives open automatically. Change the XP box password, and it doesn't authenticate.
Was one of the things that titsed me off initially with it.
Could be you have already authenticated once this session... or might be SP2 (assuming you are using this) has 'rectified' this 'intentional bug'
Its been 18 mths since i used home.
JamieBeeston said:
Are you sure? I've just tested this on a laptop, and it certainly appears to work here. That's connecting to a W2K server, with account limited shares and security - with identical username and password on the XP box, mapped drives open automatically. Change the XP box password, and it doesn't authenticate.
Was one of the things that titsed me off initially with it.
Could be you have already authenticated once this session... or might be SP2 (assuming you are using this) has 'rectified' this 'intentional bug'
Its been 18 mths since i used home.
Nope - I believe it has always worked nicely. The machine I tried it with does indeed have SP2, but it worked with a couple of standard maps before applying the update. There are no guest accounts on the server, and all shares need authentication, so it must have been passing username and password.
I've found other issues with Home rather than Pro, but not this one.
Some Website said:
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6313-1038781.html
Another advantage to using Windows XP Professional is that it defaults to using Kerberos for authentication. Kerberos offers the ability to reuse authentication credentials, providing single-sign-on capability. Although Home Edition provides password caching just like other Windows platforms (although it’s more secure), it doesn’t offer the same level of single-sign-on support provided by Windows XP Professional.
That, and lack of domain authentication / membership.
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