I've heard that graphics are better or more effeciently used on Professional. Is this just false information?? Does it really matter which one I get in terms of game playing??
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I've heard that graphics are better or more effeciently used on Professional. Is this just false information?? Does it really matter which one I get in terms of game playing??
AFAIK
The graphics would depend on the video card and driver???
MLF
Allow me to suggest something here, @tt!tud3...
How about you write down all the questions you have on a piece of paper (or even better, in a word processor), then post the entire thing every two days or so in a single thread (rather than 20 small questions every day) :)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...choosing2.mspx
This will show you the differences between Home and Professional. Didn't see any difference in video.
But Neg, that wouldn't increase his post count like it does now.........lol. At least he isn't like some were and used just the nonsense thread to build theirs.Quote:
Originally posted here by Negative
Allow me to suggest something here, @tt!tud3...
How about you write down all the questions you have on a piece of paper (or even better, in a word processor), then post the entire thing every two days or so in a single thread (rather than 20 small questions every day) :)
If you want a windows that's better for game playing then just use win98se and put in the graphics card of choice and enjoy.Quote:
Does it really matter which one I get in terms of game playing??
i've always preferred to use win98se as my gaming box as it isn't a resource hog. But if all you want is all the pretty eye candy for every day things like reading email surfing the web etc then i'd say use winxp pro.
cheers
front2back
I do believe there is a fairly simple registry hack out there that removes many of the restrictions placed on XP Home thus making it, near as dammit, XP Pro.
That would suggest that the systems are exactly the same with some networking features disabled in XP Home.... Thus, video is going to be much the same...
If you are wanting good graphics i wouold suggest looking at various reviews about the card you are looking into since different graphics cards work better with different games, as do the mobo. If you have one particular game in mind, then just find some article that uses that game as part of its bench testing and see which brands perform the best.
Tiger, do you know what that hack might be.....I wouldn't mind being able to set permissions like you can in pro, but the cost for PRO is not worth it to me.Quote:
Originally posted here by Tiger Shark
I do believe there is a fairly simple registry hack out there that removes many of the restrictions placed on XP Home thus making it, near as dammit, XP Pro.
I have not tried this, nor do I know if it works or whether or not it will hose up your OS so just a forewarning.
cheersQuote:
MikeDopp.com
hack_xp_home
Hack can upgrade XP Home to XP Pro Lite
It does take a bit of doing but here are the steps in more accurate detail.
1> Copy all the xp home(OEM or Upgrade) files off the disc to a local drive.
(to get xp sp2 (download me here) slipstreamed into the oem folder I simply used a program called Nlite More about this program later.)
2> Next I opened the "I386" folder looked for "winnt.sif" and edited it.
Here is how I run automated installs using this file.
[Data]
Autopartition = 0
MsDosInitiated = 0
UnattendedInstall = Yes
[Unattended]
UnattendMode = FullUnattended
UnattendSwitch = No
OemPreinstall = Yes
OemSkipEula = Yes
FileSystem = *
WaitForReboot = No
NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1
TargetPath = Windows
ProgramFilesDir = "C:\Program Files"
CommonProgramFilesDir = "C:\Program Files\Common"
DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
[Display] Xresolution = 1024
Yresolution = 768
BitsPerPel = 32
Vrefresh = 75
[GuiUnattended]
EncryptedAdminPassword = No
AdminPassword = "Whatever You Want"
TimeZone = 010
OEMSkipRegional = 1
OemSkipWelcome = 1
[Shell]
DefaultThemesOff = Yes
DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes
[LicenseFilePrintData]
AutoMode = PerServer
AutoUsers = 20
[Components]
iis_common = On
iis_inetmgr = On
iis_pwmgr = Off
iis_doc = Off
iis_www = On
Iis_www_vdir_printers = Off
Iis_www_vdir_scripts = Off
[UserData]
ProductKey = "*****-*****-*****-*****-*****" ---THis will enable you to install without putting your product key in!
ComputerName = RENAME_ME
FullName = "Your FUllName"
OrgName = "Your OrgName"
[RegionalSettings]
Language = 0409
[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents = Yes
[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup = workgroup
Here is the file if you want to just edit it yourself. (open in notepad only) winnt.sif .
You can also use Nlite to automate this also.
4>Then I edited the "setupreg.hiv" This was the most tricky part. To do this you need to open up regedit and go to
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" Highlight it and click on file and load hive.
Load "i386\Setupreg.hiv". regedit will ask for a name
name it "Homekey".
Drill down throught this key untill you find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Homekey\ControlSet001\Services\setupdd"
all you have to do is edit the binary key "default" and change all "01" and "02" to "00".
Once you have done this you can save it and go back and highlight "Homekey" entry and go to file and "unload hive"
it should ask to where and save it to "i386\Setupreg.hiv". It will ask you to overwrite the existing. Go ahead and do so.
If you do not feel comfortable with doing this yourself you can down load my Setupreg.hiv.
5>Now run Nlite to slipstream xp sp2 into the "I386" folder
Nlite will also allow you to tweak your install and delete unnessasary language files as well as help files.
Nlite will ask you to create an ISO of your new install wherever you would like it to go.
****With Nlite you can also disable activation!!!*** VERY KEY feature....
Here is the WPA.DB_ that will kill activation. (right click and choose "save as")
A great thing about Nlite is it will also include the much needed boot img and files you need to do the oem install
Thats it.
You now have a fully usable windows xp pro lite.
a drawback that I have found!
The Usermanagement software found in pro is not included.(I am looking for a way to hack this).
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@tt!tud3
Please think about what you are asking? Do you really believe that Microsoft would deliberately develop a current version of Windows that had inferior graphics handling to another current version?
As Tiger~ mentioned, the differences are to do with networking, which MS assume is not required in the majority of home user situations. I happen to live in "sticksville UK" and from what I see on a day to day basis, this is correct.
Morgana~ has raised another good point. It is your graphics card and its driver that matter. I will add my £0.02 and say don't forget your screen/display quality ....................hey, why spend $350 on a video card and run it on a $35 VDU? :eek:
Whilst I am talking about $350 video cards...............just go in the store and look at the boxes..........you will not find one that says "works best with XP Pro" ;) Now, if the OS made a difference you can be sure that the video card manufacturer would know about it, and mention it?
I think that you have encountered an "urban myth" :D
I think maybe he getting mixed up between XP and Vista.
Vista will use your graphics card to render your desktop. So a better graphics card in Vista might give you a better overall experence when using that version of windows.
But there is nothing between XP home/pro for graphics.