WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL

Installation of Windows XP

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In windows xp there is two different versions are there.
• Windows XP home edition.
• Windows XP professional edition.

Windows xp home edition is the desktop

operating system and windows xp professional is the
networking operating system there is lot of difference
are there.

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Windows XP Windows XP
PROFESSIONAL HOME

XP-pro has the standard win2k XP-home has no backup

backup. program.
XP-pro support dynamic disks. XP-home doesn’t support.

XP-pro includes IIS. It doesn’t have.

XP-pro adds the option called It doesn’t have.

REMOTE DESKTOP.

XP-pro supports Group policy. XP-home doesn’t.

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Windows XP Windows XP
PROFESSIONAL HOME

XP-pro systems can be XP-home systems can’t but

domain members. they can access domain
resources.
XP-pro supports up to nine XP-home support only one
monitors. monitor.
Only XP-pro will have a 64 bit XP-home will not support 64
version that support the Itanium bit version.
system.

XP-pro supports Multiple It doesn’t support

processor
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS :
Component Windows XP Windows XP
Requires Supports

Processor 233 MHz Pentium-II It supports Two processor

RAM 64 MB It supports 4GB of RAM

Disk space 1.5GB Hard disk is depends upon

your use.

Display VGA(800 x 600) __

Card Higher resolution
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INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS XP :
Installation of windows xp can be done in different
ways they are.
• Standard Installation.
• Network Installation.
• Automated Installation.

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STANDARD INSTALLATION :
The standard installation can be done through the
bootable xp cd (compact disk).It’s just like the normal
installation.We will see it in the simulation.
Suppose if you have done the xp bootable cd .
Then you install from the command prompt. The
command is WINNT.EXE (OR) WINNT32.EXE.

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STANDARD INSTALLATION :
Winnt.exe is used to start the installation in MS
Dos or windows 3.x.
Winnt32.exe is used to start the installation from
the command prompt in WIN 95,98,ME,2000.

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NETWORK INSTALLATION :
Network installation is nothing but
installation files of windows xp are located on a
network share.It is not like your standard
installation .You can start either an upgrade or a clean
installation from a netork point.When you perform a
network installation, the computer on which you are
installing windows xp must have a connection with a
network share.

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AUTOMATED INSTALLATION:
An automated installation is simply one no user
intervention is required during the setup process .
There are two methods for automated installation
• UNATTENED INSTALLATION
• REMOTE INSTALLATION SERVICE (RIS)

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UNATTENDED INSTALLATION :
An unattended installation an administrator uses a
program called setup manager to specify answers to
many of the options that are required during setup .
Setup Manager creates a text file called answer file
from which windows xp setup can pull the
information.

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