RE: New SBS2K3 network

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From: RSWorley (RSWorley_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:53:02 -0800

I completely agree with Marcia. XP Home is not such a great product for
administrators and does not work that well when part of a network. Of course
it was not designed for this anyway. I would not hesitate to upgrade to XP
Pro and suggest that you never purchase XP Home again.

"Tony R" wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Could you please advise me? I have a new client who has been running a
> peer-to-peer network of 15 PC's and has decided to install an SBS2003
> server. All his workstations are presently Windows XP Home that were
> purchased at different times over the last couple of years. Is it possible
> to join these workstations to an SBS2003 domain or will he also have to
> upgrade all the PC's to XP Pro(an added expense for a small biz on a
> budget).
>
> thanks
> Tony
>
>
>

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