Re: VPN internall from XP home machines

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Charlie and I certainly agree on this topic
What you are attempting to do is what we commonly call "sneakernet"
Its not designed to do what what you want, or doesn't work the way you want so you sneak around it some how.

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"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:emJ97EeoGHA.3452@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I doubt you'll get any of us to agree that this is the way to go. Seriously,
you should upgrade your existing XP home to XP Pro. It is technically
possible to have limited functionality of a XP Home computer on an SBS
network, but it will be an ongoing problem. It can't join the domain, it
won't get group policies, etc. And your users will have a bad experience
all-round. XP Home is designed for home use. Period. It has no business on
a business network.


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FREEMAN wrote:
> What is my best bet then? I want to go ahead and migrate all the pro
> machines to the domain, copy our attached storage device to our server,
> and then allow EVERYONE access to the storage. Can I set up a shared
> folder on the SBSERVER that even the XP home users not logged into the
> domain can access?

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