JaMaCoVe opened this issue on Aug 09, 2004 ยท 22 posts
svdl posted Fri, 03 September 2004 at 1:31 PM
Bobbie, you are right about the features you mention, Most home users don't need those (I need them, but I'm running a Windows 2003 domain at home).
I was referring to a more technical issue: it's easier for a hacker to break into XP Home than into XP Pro. Has to do with the fact that all system processes in XP Home run under an account with unlimited privileges, in XP Pro there are different accounts with different privileges for different tasks, and many more internal security checks.
Most of the spam mails that plague the Internet are sent by hijacked XP Home boxes on behalf of the hacker. XP Pro is much harder to hijack, that's why I recommend it over XP Home.
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