Activation is carried out over the internet or by speaking to someone over the phone. If you try to use XP after the grace period, it will only give you the option to activate and will not allow you to do anything else until you have activated.
Product Activation All retail versions of Windows XP require product activation after a 30 day grace period. Multi-user support (and fast user switching) YES YESįull participation in NT Domain / Active Directory NO YES The table below shows the feature comparisons between the two versions.Feature Home Edition Professional Edition However, the home edition still has "peer to peer" networking, so you'll still be able to connect XP computers over a basic "home" network.There are other more subtle differences between the two versions, including file level rights in the professional edition (requires NTFS) and the missing backup program in the Home Edition (TIP - you can actually find the backup program on the Home edition CD in the \VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP directory!!)The configuration tool (gpedit.msc) is only available in the professional version. The Home edition does not offer this functionality.If your computer is going to be used within an NT network domain environment, then you'll need the XP Professional edition. If you require SMP support (dual processor), then you'll need to go for the XP Professional edition. Which Version of XP?(Home or Professional) or decision between buying XP Home or XP Professional is actually a very simple one to make. Some features have been "crippled" or removed in the Home edition that appear in the professional edition. This is why there is both a "Home" version and a "Professional" version, of what is essentially the same 32bit operating system. What is Windows XP? Both Windows 2000 and XP have been built on the 32 bit Windows NT kernel, whilst Windows 98 and ME have both evolved from the 16 bit Windows 95 kernel (Windows98 and ME are now 32bit OS's.)Historically, Windows 95 was designed to focus on "consumer" users running games, spreadsheets, word processors and internet browsing - whilst Windows NT, had its background more in the "corporate" arena for use in business networks and IT.Generally speaking, NT has always been considered to be the more robust and reliable operating system.Microsoft have obviously made the decision to market the Windows XP operating system, as an "all-singing-all-dancing" solution for all levels. Good luck and happy music making with your XP system. However, a carefully performed XP installation combined with time spent configuring and streamlining selected XP features, will almost certainly improve the performance with most professional audio and music software. Professional audio applications should run extremely well on a standard installation of Windows XP without any further system tuning. Tuning Windows XP for Audio/Music Applications
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