Re: Windows XP -- MIDRANGE-L

Wasn't my machine.  I don't use XP Home.

As I said, it was anecdotal information given to me by co-workers and
information I found on the web such as....

http://www.activewin.com/winxp/tips/shutdown/1.shtml

and....
http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/lev2/67/lev3/70/pid/779/qid/465237

and...
http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/lev2/67/lev3/70/pid/779/qid/472966

By the way Jon,  if you look in these forums, you'll also find a lot of
issues with XP Home and networking....



Shannon O'Donnell


----- Original Message -----
From: "Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: Windows XP


> XP-Pro works pretty good.  Its especially savvy with home networking,
which
> I suspect you and Sue might really like.  It'd be worth while it in my
> umble opinion, to stick to your guns and find a way to find the machine
you
> want with XP Pro.   You might even wish to upgrade Sue's operating system
at
> the same time.
>
> Two downers that I found:  One - be sure you understand the consequences
of
> XP's need to phone home.  Two -  file paths change.  Some files can be
hard
> to find.
>
> (Shannon, if your machine is bogging down as time passes you may want to
> become suspicious.  That sounds like spyware loading itself onto your
> machine.  Gator and EZSearchbar are especially mean little pieces of code
> designed to insult your intelligence.)
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
> Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Date: Saturday, February 15, 2003 16:00:55
> To: Midrange-l
> Subject: Windows XP
>
> I hope this isn't inappropriate for this list - David will no doubt tell
me
> if it is.
>
> I'm looking at new laptops and for inexplicable reasons, most of the ones
> I'm considering only come with XP Home in Canada with no upgrade option.
> Since doing the upgrade yourself can sometimes void the warranty, I'm
trying
> to establish if I can live with XP Home. In case it is significant, I
> currently run W2K Pro.
>
> I've looked at the technical specs and a number of articles comparing them
> and the only things it seems that _might_ matter to me are the ones listed
> below. I'm not comms savvy enough to know if they really matter or not. I
> use my laptop to do iSeries development, I connect to multiple iSeries
> systems, but don't host a mail server or anything on the machine. I _do_
> need to run VPNs and the like.
>
> Can any of you out there who understand this stuff tell if given the
> scenario above - any of the things in the list below matter to me.
>
> The following networking features are NOT included in Home Edition:
>
> The user interface for IPSecurity (IPSec)
> SNMP
> Simple TCP/IP services
> SAP Agent
> Client Service for NetWare
> Network Monitor
> Multiple Roaming feature
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
>
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