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Old 11-10-2004, 01:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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my new X Rated comp (SFW)

Ok, so those that read my last post prob know it died a very random and sudden death..it was 7 years old and i was fairly unattached to the cheap beige box of crap...but today i have a new computer and it is absolutly gorgeous. Yes it is a fashion accessory and way over priced but 1) i didn't pay for it and 2) its so gorgeous....

http://www.askdirect.co.uk/uview?cal...Search&id=5412

the picture doesn't do it justice, in visual terms the v2 is amazing...but after 30seconds i found one problem...it comes with XP Home...bugger!
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Old 11-10-2004, 01:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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It says so on their website.
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2

Is there a reason you need XP pro?


20” TFT screen, 1280x768 resolution (WXGA) ...............eew
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Old 11-10-2004, 01:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
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no real reason, but setting up accounts etc is easier through computer management in pro unless i'm missing something...

how can i set up power users etc through xp home?
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Old 11-10-2004, 03:05 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I second that eeewwwh, a 20" monitor running at that res is silly... ok the onyx-black technology sony is using is really really pretty (have a 1024x768 15" laptop screen from sony with that) but its really reall bad at that size...

Looks pretty though.
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Old 11-11-2004, 01:56 AM   #5 (permalink)
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You got a Sony "My First Computer!!" You lucky dog you...

If you ever figure out why they partition the drive into C and D with an itty bitty C, even though that's where all the XP "My Everything" default to, lemme know.
(Enough people with Sony boxes run into this amazing "My hd is full" bit, the first two months they have it. My response to that is, "How? You don't DO anything." Upon investigation, the D partition is empty, but My Documents is chock full. What a wonderful world...)

On the upside, you already know you want XP pro. Go buy a whitebox copy, aka OEM copy, and install it. Since you're at it, you can partition the drive in a usefull manner.
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Old 11-11-2004, 07:12 AM   #6 (permalink)
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DND: the only real reasons you would want XP pro is for an encrypted file system capability and also the ability to join / authenticate to a domain.
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Old 11-11-2004, 11:20 AM   #7 (permalink)
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DND: the only real reasons you would want XP pro is for an encrypted file system capability and also the ability to join / authenticate to a domain.
...or if you didn't want every user on your machine to be an administrator. Or if you want to host a Remote Desktop. Or if you have multiple processors. Or if you want Dynamic Disk Support. Or if for some bizarre reason you wanted to run IIS. There are indeed even more reasons to want XP Pro vs. XP Home, but not much point in listing them all here.

http://www.google.com/search?query=d...e+professional
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Old 11-11-2004, 11:48 AM   #8 (permalink)
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justdisguy: please realize i didn't care to list more than what i did.

i do understand that there are a few more reasons, none of which really need to be listed.
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Old 11-11-2004, 11:58 AM   #9 (permalink)
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We're approaching the part of the thread where two repondants will start bitching at each other for something only teniously related to the actual subject at hand.

See "Billege's Rules of Thread Response Patterns" rule 2b, subsection 3.1.

Thank you.
That is all.
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Old 11-11-2004, 12:03 PM   #10 (permalink)
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We're approaching the part of the thread where two repondants will start bitching at each other for something only teniously related to the actual subject at hand.

See "Billege's Rules of Thread Response Patterns" rule 2b, subsection 3.1.

Thank you.
That is all.
lol. We can only wish that computers had political parties...then it would truly get interesting
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Old 11-12-2004, 03:02 AM   #11 (permalink)
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any way to have different types of users in XP home ie something between administrator and limited?

but have to agree the stupid resolution is bearable but the sound quality is surprisingly good and now connecting my xbox to it has made me even happier!
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Old 11-12-2004, 05:30 PM   #12 (permalink)
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lol. We can only wish that computers had political parties...then it would truly get interesting
!!!

What do you mean? Of course there are parties. And, unlike the good ol' States, there are more than two effective parties. You have

Windows XP
Windows 2003
Windows 9x

Linux -- Redhat/Fedora
Linux -- Mandrake
Linux -- Debian
Linux -- Other

Mac

And others of course. I only chose three windows because I doubt people are still running 3.1, and ME seems to be generally hated. You get the idea. Arguments can get pretty heated...
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Old 11-12-2004, 06:06 PM   #13 (permalink)
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justdisguy: please realize i didn't care to list more than what i did. i do understand that there are a few more reasons, none of which really need to be listed.
Yep - that's fine. Just wanted to share that perhaps there were other good reasons to spend the extra $$ on Pro.
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LOL - nah. I'll just skip right past that part and start advocating Linux now.
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