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Pro Vs. Home
Name: carlozulueta Date: November 2, 2005 at 06:50:03 Pacific OS: WinXP SP1 Pro CPU/Ram: xx
Comment:
hi guyz and gals,
Just want to ask bwt the versions of windows xp from home to pro.
I rily want to knw the big difference between the two...wt features does the pro have dt the home dont?
thanx!!
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