[Ham-Computers] Windows Versions

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When I bought my wife a computer about three years ago (so that I could have 
mine back), I got it from Gateway and let the salesman talk me into accepting 
it with XP Home on it instead of W2K, which was what was on the other two 
machines on our LAN.  I had various issues between it and the other two.  First 
was, of course, that some things had to be done differently so it was just two 
slightly different OS's to have to keep up with.  Second was that it wouldn't 
let me do things like share the Program Files directory (nor the WNNT one 
either) so some misc support functions that I could have done for all three 
machines from one chair and keyboard I couldn't do to it except from its keyboard.  
I've never used an XP Pro machine so I don't know whether this was just the 
Home edition.  Third was that it would not automatically reconnect a mapped drive 
on either of the other machines if they had been re-booted.  I forget all of 
the other headaches it was but I finally blew it away and brought it up with 
W2K.

Robert Downs - Houston
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