Windows XP Professional includes many new and improved
features that will make it easier for you to manage and support. While there
are scores of compelling reasons to get Windows XP Professional, these are the
top 10 for IT professionals (reproduced courtesy of Microsoft).
1. Business-level reliability
Windows XP delivers a new level of stability so you can focus on your work.
2. Remote assistance
Remote assistance gives help desk administrators and other experts the ability
to directly solve problems by taking control of a user's computer remotely.
3. Windows Driver Protection
Windows Driver Protection keeps you from installing and loading defective
device drivers.
4. Improved application compatibility
Run applications in Compatibility Mode, or get tools to apply custom
compatibility fixes to applications and then distribute them to users on the
network.
5. Advanced security
Windows XP Professional builds on the security model in Windows NT 4.0 and
Windows 2000, making it easier to manage system security.
6. Multilingual support
IT administrators can deploy the Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack
enabling organisations to switch the user interface to different languages,
greatly easing desktop administration in multilingual computing environments.
7. Group Policy for centralised desktop
management
Policy-based desktop management (Intellimirror® technologies) allows computer
settings, user settings, user data, and user profiles to follow users around
the enterprise, simplifying desktop and user management for IT administrators.
8. User state migration
IT administrators can quickly copy files and settings to new computers for
multiple users and individual users can take advantage of the Files and
Settings Transfer Wizard.
9. Side-by-side DLLs
To combat DLL conflicts, Windows XP provides a mechanism for multiple versions
of individual Windows components to be installed and run concurrently.
10. Scalable memory and processor support
Windows XP Professional offers excellent performance that scales with
additional memory and faster processing power.
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