Re: XP Home
- From: "David Elders" <david_elders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:58:30 -0000
....because the XP Pro's are designed to connect to a domain whereas XP Home
isn't capable of that.
As the other poster suggested, upgrade - you'll save yourself time in the
long run trying to work around how the respective versions of Windows are
designed...
David
"Chris" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Jenny, Thanks for responding. I'll run those check to see if it helps.
> One
> note, besides the 2 XP home computers, i have 3 XP Pro's that connect and
> work perfectly.
> Chris
> --
> Chris
>
>
> ""Jenny wu [MSFT]"" wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Thanks for using the SBS newsgroup!
>>
>> For your description, I understand that the issue to be there are two XP
>> home computers which can not access the shared folders on the SBS server
>> box. If I am off base, please don't hesitate to let me know.
>>
>> Before we begin to trouble shoot the issue, one thing we need to clarify
>> that Computers running Windows XP Home Edition cannot join corporate
>> domains. For this reason, features that require machine accounts within a
>> domain, such as Group Policy, are not available in Windows XP Home
>> Edition.
>>
>> To trouble shoot the issue, I suggest you check the following settings:
>>
>> 1. What is the user account which you used to access the shared folder?
>> Please ensure the user account is the domain user account and have
>> permissions to the shared folder.
>>
>> You can refer to the following steps to check its permissions:
>> A. Logon the server box with domain admin account, find the shared folder
>> and please ensure you have shared the folder. And click it to open its
>> Properties page.Under Sharing tab, check the number of allow to access
>> the
>> folder.
>> B. Click Permissions button to check if Everyone have "Read" permissions.
>> If not, please add it.
>> C. Under Security tab, please ensure the user account or domain users
>> have
>> at least "Read" permissions to the folder.
>>
>> After verified above settings, test again, how about the result?
>>
>> 2. If the issue persists, Please try to create a new user account with
>> Add
>> user wizard (Server Management console -> Users -> add a user), then
>> logon
>> the XP home computer and try to access the shared folder with the new
>> created user account. How about the result?
>>
>> 3. If the issue persists, please perform a clean boot on the server box
>> and
>> then try to access the shared folder from the xp home computer to test.
>>
>> A Clean Boot will allow us to isolate any device drivers or programs that
>> are loading at startup that may be causing a conflict with other device
>> drivers or programs that are installed in your computer.
>>
>> 1) Run MSCONFIG.EXE.
>> 2) In the Services tab, click "Hide All Microsoft Services" and click
>> "Disable All".
>> 3) In the Startup tab, click "Disable All". Click OK. (This will
>> temporarily prevent third-party programs from running automatically
>> during
>> start-up.)
>> 4) Restart the computer and check whether the problem still persists.
>>
>> If the problem does not occur, it indicates that the problem is related
>> to
>> one application or service we have disabled. You can use the MSCONFIG
>> tool
>> again to re-enable the disabled item one by one to find out the culprit.
>>
>> 4. Does the issue happen only on the xp home computers? Please try to
>> access the folder from one XP sp2 computer, how about the result?
>> 5. Can you find any related error event logged in the Event Viewer of the
>> server box? If yes, please paste it in the newsgroup.
>>
>> I appreciate your time! I am happy to be assistance of you and look
>> forward
>> to your reply!
>>
>> Have a nice day!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Jenny Wu
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>> >I've been connecting XP Home to a SBS 2003 for about 9 months on 2
>> computers.
>> >Suddenly the end users cannont connect to the shared files on the
>> >server.
>> >I've created a new share and given them admin rigts to that share and
>> still
>> >cannot connect. The error message says they don't have permission to
>> access
>> >that folder. I get the same error navigating "My Network Places" and
>> trying
>> >to connect to the server. I can ping the server. I can even use "REMOTE
>> >DESKTOP" and connect to the server. 1 XP Home is SP 1 and the other is
>> >SP
>> 2
>> >with all the updates. Anyone have an idea? Thank you in advance for your
>> time
>> >on this.
>> >--
>> >Chris
>> >
>>
>>
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