What are the differences between Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional?
Not much. Microsoft has added a host of new features to both versions of Windows XP, but nothing that appears to be absolutely compelling for business users. One of the new features called “Fast User Switching” allows to to run two separate logged in sessions at once. This allows a user to do everyday work such as e-mail using a non-privileged user account, and then run an Administrative session at the same time without rebooting or resorting to the “Run As” command. This also allows you to quickly log onto any users workstation and make administrative changes without logging them off. The remote assistance feature of XP can also help reduce support costs by allowing your Help Desk staff to interact with a user’s PC over the network. XP’s built in ZIP compression support can also save your company a lot of money in licensing fees if you are currently using a third party utility such as WinZIP.
