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Home vs. Pro
Name: ED ZONER Date: May 2, 2005 at 10:02:55 Pacific OS: WIN XP Pro CPU/Ram: 1.5ghz /512 mb
Comment:
Gentlemen, I have recently instaled XP Pro onto this pc. After the xp splash screen disappears, I have a 6 second black screen, then the "welcome" screen comes up. I done a couple of tweaks, but I can't stop thinking; maybe I should have formatted the HD, instead of Installing Pro OVER Home.Also, Windows Media player will not play dvd's. I've uninstalled and installed the video driver 2x. Any ideas? Thanks -ez
Name: Roberto Date: May 2, 2005 at 10:12:47 Pacific
Reply:
Based on results, a clean install is always less troublesome than an upgrade, as for Windows Media, it might serve You better to re-install "the program" .
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Response Number 2
Name: spwells Date: May 2, 2005 at 10:58:37 Pacific
Reply:
Does it say you need to download codecs or something? If it does, I had the same problem. I couldn't play DVD's with Media player or PowerDVD.
In the end I installed a really old version of PowerDVD (version 3 I think) and now I can watch DVD's in Media player, but still not PowerDVD!
Sorry if this is a totally useless post!
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Response Number 3
Name: ED ZONER Date: May 2, 2005 at 15:09:04 Pacific
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FIXED IT! Windows never said I needed a decoder. It kept stating I needed to adjust My graphics/Monitor (down) to view dvd. The "album art' photo would show, but it would not play. Anyway, I d-loaded a Win XP dvd decoder, and I'm in business. Play's like a champ!
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Response Number 4
Name: spwells Date: May 3, 2005 at 09:57:32 Pacific
Reply:
which one did you end up using?
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Response Number 5
Name: ED ZONER Date: May 3, 2005 at 20:32:40 Pacific
Summary: I'm surprised your laptop didn't come with the CD also, or a recovery CD. I don't think there is a way to take the files that are preloaded and make a CD or take the Windows XP Home/Pro Cd and make a...
Summary: Essentially Home is just Pro with some of the features turned off. I personally can't justify not having the group policy editor(gpedit.msc), remote desktop, file access control, or file encryption. ...
Summary: Yes, both of them use the NT kernel; in fact Pro is basically just Home Edition with added features like group policies, multiprocessor support, etc. You can compare their features here: http://www.m...
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