Joining a Stand-Alone XP Pro computer to a Win 03 domain

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From: Stephen (stevejohns_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:53:42 -0800

A quick (and hopefully simple) question.

I have a XP Pro computer that I have been working on as a
stand-alone for over a year. Lots of files in my stand-
alone logins.

I wish to (temporarly) join a Win 2003 server AD domain,
basically for practice (I have an Evaluation copy of the
Win 2003 Server and am studing for my MCSE).

If I join this domain, will I lose all of my stand-alone
files? I remember something like this happening to me
before with Win2K.

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