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| 438330 | 2006-03-15 19:54:00 | Which is better on a Notebook: XP Pro or XP Home? EG I'm thinking about security in case the Notebook is stolen. PS The computer is for SOHO use. |
Billy (6701) | ||
| 438331 | 2006-03-15 20:06:00 | XP pro, just in case you need any of the extra features it provides There is quite a good rundown on the differences here: www.winsupersite.com As far as security if it gets stolen, there isn't any. Any one that knows what there doing and really wants to, will get access to what ever they want |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 438332 | 2006-03-15 20:49:00 | Which is better on a Notebook: XP Pro or XP Home? PS The computer is for SOHO use.I would say XP Home, it's not as bloated as Pro, Pro offers added network security features etc, but unless you're constantly on a business network then there isn't much point really. EG I'm thinking about security in case the Notebook is stolen.The added security Pro offers over Home won't do you any good in the event the laptop gets stolen... unless of course the thief is after your files specifically. I would think the 1st thing they'd do is format the HDD and install a different OS. cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 438333 | 2006-03-15 20:49:00 | My desktop has Pro and lappie has Home. I've not found a single occurence where I needed Pro on the lappie. I haven't any network, so that's probably the main consideration as far as I know. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 438334 | 2006-03-16 01:31:00 | I get to wondering about all these statements...after all, Pro and Home are on the same CD from M$, and there's been discussion that there's only a couple of files that are not activated in the Home v Pro versions anyway...so I cannot speak bad of any "bloat" on the Pro version. As to security.....Pro has some encryption capacities that Home does not...but other than that, if you're not using a network then I guess Home is ok...I just prefer the Pro. If it's a matter of cost..then of course, Home saves a few bucks (quid in NZ?) I just don't get the bloat thing much... .......the security thing is a toss-up.....either way you lose. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 438335 | 2006-03-16 01:53:00 | waste of money paying for PRO.....if it's stolen and someone wants your files there plenty of ways to get them....... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 438336 | 2006-03-16 02:48:00 | May want to look at the resurrected PGP for encryption. Network Associates released it's evil grip end of 2002, and it's back to basics: "PGP Corporation is the only commercial secure-messaging vendor to publish source code for peer review so customers and cryptography experts may validate product integrity" http://www.pgp.com www.pgp.com |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 438337 | 2006-03-16 04:05:00 | If security is an issue, maybe you may want to activate the HDD Drivelock in your CMOS setup (if there's such option in the CMOS). But be sure to safekeep the password when you want to enable it. You may not access your hard drive anymore if you lose your HDD drivelock password. | elixir (9986) | ||
| 438338 | 2006-03-16 05:05:00 | The new Windows will have a backdoor provided so that the US Government can read all files encrypted by the MS system. That means that it's wide open. If anyone believes that MS (and all commercial providers of encryption software in the US and Australia, and UK) haven't been nice to the NSA in that way up to now, I envy their faith. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 438339 | 2006-03-16 06:01:00 | Graham: Although I personally believe in a Great Conspiracy and the Tri-Lateral Commission, I wonder where this info you posted has been promulgated. Living in the "Great Satan" (the US), I wonder if is kinda paranoid to shove all the fears and suspicions of mind-reading, global sabotage, computer hacking and "back doors" accessibility and such fears of paranoid activity on the US. With the death of the last Evil Domain (USSR), I guess it's necessary that somebody has to play the heavy though. I like your posts and read them all..even ones of which I have no interest, and I feel I can say that I enjoy a curmudgeon in the site....shoes which certain of us fill quite well, and proudly I proffer. Please be careful...your right to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose......... |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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