New Windows Engine
Top Ten Reasons Small Businesses should buy Windows XP Professional
New Windows Engine
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional is built on the proven code base of Windows NT® and Windows 2000. The operating system uses a 32-bit computing architecture and a fully protected memory model—features that help make Windows XP Professional the most reliable Windows operating system yet.
Remote Desktop
Access your desktop computer anytime you’re away from your office. Remote Desktop allows you to connect and use your desktop computer remotely from another Windows 95 or later –based computer, giving you access to all of your data and applications as if you were sitting right there.
Windows Messenger
Windows Messenger is the easy way to communicate and collaborate in real time on your computer. You can see the online status of your customers and partners and choose to communicate with them through text, voice, or video with better performance and higher quality.
RemoteAssistance
Invite someone you trust to help you. Using an Internet connection, a support professional or a friend running Windows XP can chat with you, view your screen, and with your permission, work on your computer to fix a software problem or show you how to use your application
Recovery Tools
Recovery tools to provide a safety net to keep your business running. With System Restore, you can undo harmful changes quickly and easily. So if you install hardware drivers or software applications and then discover a problem resulting from the change, you can easily reverse and “undo” the change. Automated System Recovery allows you to restore your computer to a working state if you’re not able start your computer.
Encrypting File System
Safeguard your data. Encrypting File System provides a high level of protection from hackers and data theft by transparently encrypting files with a randomly generated key. If your laptop gets stolen or lost, unauthorized users should not be able to read or view your confidential data.
User-level access control
Control level of user access to sensitive information and files. User-level access control gives you a range of options for sharing files and folders to individuals or a group. Users can select which folders are to be shared, who will have access to the folder and the level of permissions granted to each user or group.
New Task-based Visual Design
Focus on your business and be more efficient at the computer. New, simplified user interface makes it easier to work with frequently used tasks, documents, and programs. Common tasks have been consolidated and simplified, and new visual cues have been added to help users navigate their computers more easily.
Share PCs & network resources
Easily share valuable resources and devices among your employees, such as documents, fax, printers, even an Internet connection. Fast user switching makes sharing the computer with your co-workers easier.
Get connected to the Internet quickly and securely
Connect your computers to the Internet through a single Internet connection, quickly and securely, resulting in potential savings in ISP and hardware costs. Internet connection firewall helps protect your computers from harmful attacks and intrusions from the Internet.
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