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Pro Vs Media centerI sign into various networks (domain and other types) with Pro now. I have
different user accounts set up for the different networks. Have to get new laptop. The selection with Pro installed is rather slim. Does Media Center have the same networking capabilities as Pro does. Have gotten lots of different answers like yes no maybe?? I understand that the encryption capabilities are different but how about the rest. Thank you In news:4528B158-AD6D-48D6-B79A-0E4A797BE081@microsoft.com, safeguy <safe***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:> I sign into various networks (domain and other types) with Pro now. I MCE is XP Pro, at bottom, but it does have some limitations. For one, you > have different user accounts set up for the different networks. Have > to get new laptop. The selection with Pro installed is rather slim. > Does Media Center have the same networking capabilities as Pro does. > Have gotten lots of different answers like yes no maybe?? I > understand that the encryption capabilities are different but how > about the rest. > Thank you can't join a domain (similarly, you cannot do so with XP Home). You can access domain resources, just as you can with Home, but you can't join. Re encryption, I don't know what you heard, but MCE 2005 does offer EFS... I can't find a good link that compares all the WinXP version features on one page, but you might see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/compare.mspx. If you are not finding laptops with XP as an option, well, I have to wonder whether you're looking in the right places. Laptops designed primarily for business use *do* offer WinXP (Home or Pro) - and don't generally even offer MCE as an option at all. Bottom line - if your main goal for this laptop is for business use, and has nothing to do with multimedia features such as MCE offers, I'd stick with Pro... Wait until Vista is available. Some versions of Vista have MCE built in and
can also join a domain. Show quoteHide quote > I sign into various networks (domain and other types) with Pro now. I > have different user accounts set up for the different networks. Have > to get new laptop. The selection with Pro installed is rather slim. > Does Media Center have the same networking capabilities as Pro does. > Have gotten lots of different answers like yes no maybe?? I > understand that the encryption capabilities are different but how > about the rest. > Thank you As others have said, you can't join a domain easily. MC also does not
support the use of Credential Manager, thus if you try to use the MC machine to access the corporate network, you will need to type in your user name and password a lot. -- Show quoteHide quoteJeffrey Randow jeffreycen***@gmail.com Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006 http://www.networkblog.net ..On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:58:01 -0700, safeguy <safe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I sign into various networks (domain and other types) with Pro now. I have >different user accounts set up for the different networks. Have to get new >laptop. The selection with Pro installed is rather slim. Does Media Center >have the same networking capabilities as Pro does. Have gotten lots of >different answers like yes no maybe?? I understand that the encryption >capabilities are different but how about the rest. >Thank you 
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