Re: XP Home with NT Server

melickas wrote:
We have a network that has (1) NT Server and mixture of Windows 98
& XP Pro clients that are part of a domain. We have usernames &
passwords for login to the domain.

We were given a free XP Home computer that we want to put on the
network. The user will do (1) thing: Open an application that is
installed to local hard drive that will access its required MS
Access database via a networked drive. This is the same application
that other users use on the network (probably not relevant). There
may also be a printer on the network the XP Home computer will need
to use.

Will this work or does the computer have to be upgraded to XP Pro?

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
Windows XP Home Edition was designed for the "home"
environment. Windows XP Professional was designed for
the business environment with advanced networking
capabilities necessary to join a Domain network.

Windows XP Home Edition Comparison Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

Windows XP Home Accessing data on a Domain Server
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/wxphdoms.html

jdteel wrote:
XP home is what it has been named..........home. Out of the box it
is not able to be joined to a domain. I believe I have seen some
hacks somewhere that would allow Home to be joined to a domain but
off hand I don't remember what they are or where I read them.
Maybe someone here will tell you where you can find that
information.

Leythos wrote:
Just create a matching user/password on both and then map drives
from the XP box. You don't need to be a domain member to access a
domain.

Bingo.
I was wondering why no one had said that!

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