Well, my main computer had a severe nervous breakdown yesterday afternoon. It had be behaving somewhat erratic the last couple weeks and last night it just went nuts. I finally gave up on saving it. Fortunately, I keep all of my art files on a seperate HD.
I'm looking to purchase and install Windows XP, but I'm not sure which I want to get - Home or Pro.
Looking at them, I don't see much of a difference other than the Pro might be better at networking.
Any thoughts or experiences?
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
The only times I have heard that the pro is worth buying is for security reasons and remote access. The remote access can be done through other software if you really want that. Not sure, but I understand that there is no online activation needed for the pro. Anyone know about that?
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
In my humble experience with XP beta's. You would consider Home Xp the better choice for what you do.. It will do everything you will need.
Also, go to microsoft.com and do the XPupgrade check. Is free and it will tell u if hardware or software needs to be updated before you start. Be sure you do this because you will have a nitemare if you start and find something is not compatible.. XP likely will not load anyway; but, then you will be without a machine untill u fix the proplem. Or, if it does get passed the compatibility check and crashes. You will really have yer hands full. And more. if u have more than one HD in yer machine, and you want to use test NTFS and maybe go back to FAT32 later (most of us do not need to use NTFS) on one drive only -- be sure to unplug your other drives before you install or you may have some probs (lost drives) in the future. there is not enuf room here to explain this one.
Registration is NOT required for win xp corporate pro.. But who would pay the fees invloved.
[ February 12, 2002: Message edited by: Curtis hammond ]
[ February 12, 2002: Message edited by: Curtis hammond ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
glen run a virus check, mine was doin sone crazy stuff....checker found a JS_EXCEPTION.GEN dont know what it does ..but checker removed it...run great now.....
Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
Glenn,
Is Omega compatible with XP? I was under the impression that it wasn't.
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
As of right now, Omega has not been qualified for XP.
The Omega that I'm using for my computer is the DS (Design Station). I run my other two copies of Omega CP on Windows 98se.
According to my own computer guru, XP is basically Windows NT with a few extras and a new skin. I guess I'll find out.
I've bought 2 computers with windows XP, one for the shop and one for my daughter, and I've configured about 4 XP computers for friends. All I can say at this point is that I'm not a fan of XP. I don't find it particularly stable, and when it hits a glitch it can drive you nuts, wanting to call microsoft to report every error. Perhaps after a service pack or two it will straighten out, for now I've reverted to windows 2000 pro (service pack 2) in the shop computers and it's working out just fine.
Posted by Andrew (Member # 1026) on :
Glenn, I have been running Omega on XP Pro for a few weeks now and find it stable. Omega seems to have NO problems with it.
Posted by Jim Mulligan (Member # 1956) on :
Glenn;
I have been running XP on my laptop. No problem. This may sound stupid but I'll alyays buy "pro" before "home".
Posted by Dave Johnson (Member # 2535) on :
We received an email message today about XP and MS Office. This is a copy/paste of the message: *** The following message was received from Headquarters:
Be careful if you are using any flavor of Windows/Office XP.
If a process crashes, you will be requested to send the captured errant information to Microsoft's bug catching group. It is a voluntary action and the default is to not send. If you choose to send, the information may/probably will include the document you were working on which might contain information you don't want as public knowledge.
This warning applies to your home based operating environment.
Forewarned is forearmed. ***
Interestingly enough, I had this happen to me today before I read the email. I'm not running XP so it can't be an XP problem. I'm guessing it is part of the last Explorer Security patch.
