Re: Upgrade to XP Pro to fix network problems??

From: Nick Burns (thedoc_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:37:22 -0500

You can't join a domain with home.

"JimBo" <jgreethamCLOTHES@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:z4f5d.50665$as2.26442@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
> Dear all,
>
> I have an ethernet network with company laptop on XP/Pro, SP2 on my
> company's domain and personal desktop on XP/Home, SP2 in workgroup with
same
> name as company domain. Both use DHCP & connected to D-Link 4-port router.
> They are getting similar IP addresses.
>
> I can get to Home from Pro but not Pro from Home - I can't even ping Pro's
> IP address.
>
> I'm considering upgrade to Pro for my home machine. Would this help or
hurt
> my network problem? Would I be able to specify my company domain for my
home
> machine without being a domain admin? Would my domain username be
available
> on my home machine?
>
> I don't have any real problems with XP/Home other than only having one
> shared directory so other than solving my network problem, I don't have
any
> real incentive to do the upgrade.
>
> Cheers,
> JimBo
>
>

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