• Automatically keep your PC up-to-date with the latest security enhancements including the Windows Security Center, Windows Firewall, and more to help protect your computer from viruses and worms that can spread through the Internet.

Quickly Connect to Wireless Networks:

• Windows XP Professional provides rich, wireless network support, helping you simply and easily connect to wireless networks whether in your home, office, or out on the road.

Keep Your Laptop More Secure:

• The Encrypting File System, only in Windows XP Professional, provides an additional level of file 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 files.

Get More Life Out of Your Laptop Battery:

• Save battery power when you're working on the road, at the library, or coffee shop. Windows XP Professional extends battery life by managing the way your laptop uses power. Now you can work longer on battery power and more accurately forecast how long your batteries will last.

Set Up and Share Your Computer Quickly and Easily:

• Quickly set up and connect all the computers, printers, devices, and an Internet connection in your home with the all new Network Setup Wizard. Sharing a computer with others has never been easier; quickly access your personal files and accounts without having to close applications or restart the computer.

Easy To Use:

• The clean, simple design of Windows XP Professional puts the features you use most often at your fingertips, helping you find them quickly.

Work From Anywhere:

• The Remote Desktop feature found only in Windows XP Professional allows you to remotely access your PC running Windows XP Professional, from another Windows-based PC, so you can work with all of your files and applications while away from your office or home PC.

Recover Easily From Problems Caused by System or Application Changes:

• If something goes wrong with your computer, you can easily remove and roll back any system or application changes without losing files and other valuable information.

Join a Network or Domain:

• Windows XP Professional is designed to work with Windows Server networks and includes capabilities for both small office networks with up to 10 PCs and Windows Server based networks.

Work With the Tools You Need to Get Things Done:

• Choose from the widest range of software, hardware, and services designed to work together seamlessly including support for many older applications designed for earlier versions of Windows.

• 233 MHz (300 MHz or higher recommended)
• 400 MHz or higher for digital video camera capture
• Intel Pentium/Celeron family, AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family or compatible is recommended

Hard Disk:

• 1.5 GB

Memory:

• 64 MB RAM (128 MB or higher recommended)
• 8 MB of video RAM

Optical Drive:

• CD-ROM
• DVD-ROM

Others:

• Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
• Some Internet functionality may require Internet access and a Microsoft .NET Passport account or Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server instant messaging account
• 14.4 Kbps or higher-speed modem
• Network adapter appropriate for the type of local-area, wide-area, wireless, or home network you wish to connect to, and access to an appropriate network infrastructure
• Microphone and sound card with speakers or headset, video conferencing camera and 33.6 Kbps or higher-speed modem or a network connection for voice and videoconferencing
• Both parties must be running Windows XP and be connected by a network for remote assistance
• A Windows 95 or later-based computer, and the two machines must be connected by a network for remote desktop
• Sound card
• DVD decoder card or DVD decoder software
• Appropriate digital or analog video capture device for video capture feature
• Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device