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TaoArcher 
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Posted 17 October 2001 - 01:45 AM
I dont know for sure, but i'd say it definately will. They are still marketing XP home edition to the same market as WinME. They wouldnt shoot themsevles in the foot by disallowing those PCs from working on a corporate network.
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Posted 22 October 2001 - 12:51 AM
I would say that Microsoft's definite intent is to get workplaces to buy XP Professional. Yes, that equals a price increase for current 9x users. Yes, there's a XP Home to Pro upgrade available.
Simple file+print sharing will probably work, but you can't add machines into Domains (NT4 or AD), and that means you are deprived of the management features and you won't have single login, etc.
They almost did this with WinME (betas had restricted networking), but backed off.
Simple file+print sharing will probably work, but you can't add machines into Domains (NT4 or AD), and that means you are deprived of the management features and you won't have single login, etc.
They almost did this with WinME (betas had restricted networking), but backed off.
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Posted 22 October 2001 - 02:58 PM
You cannot connect to a Domain with XP Home Edition. However, you can place the computer in a Workgroup with the same name as the Domain. This will allow you to so file sharing, drive-mapping, and network printing as if you were on the Domain. To make the network browsing faster, I'd suggest turning on NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
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