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xp home edtion connecting to win2k domain
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MasterRacker
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As far as I know, that is by design. MS not only markets them as "Home" and "Professional" versions, but built them that way on purpose. They want you to pay the extra money for the Pro version to connect to a domain.
Jeff
I haven't lost my mind - I know it's backed up on tape somewhere ....
Jeff
I haven't lost my mind - I know it's backed up on tape somewhere ....
MasterRacker i believe you are incorrect on Home edition. the only limits on th home edition is how many processor you can have but I could be wrong.
try this which it says it works on Home edition
try this which it says it works on Home edition
MasterRacker
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jjgraf,
This is in the article you posted:
NOTE: Home Edition is not designed to join domains; only workgroups. To join domains, use Professional version or above.
Jeff
I haven't lost my mind - I know it's backed up on tape somewhere ....
This is in the article you posted:
NOTE: Home Edition is not designed to join domains; only workgroups. To join domains, use Professional version or above.
Jeff
I haven't lost my mind - I know it's backed up on tape somewhere ....
just as an added note
i've been looking for a list of differences between Pro and home, which has not been easy to find and have yet to find a easy to understand list but here it goes.
ON the networking side we are concered about XP home joining a domain which it can not do in the full sense, which means it does not understand group policies or other features of security but can authenicate too and logon a domain controller (I'm 88% sure it can do this)
The following networking features are not included in Home Edition:
The user interface for IPSecurity (IPSec)
SNMP
Simple TCP/IP services
SAP Agent
Client Service for NetWare
Network Monitor
Multiple Roaming feature
it has the same limits 98/95 had but can logon to a domain.
and rethinking what that note says i would say MS is just doing its normal double talk.
But i wait to see if pserko can get it connected to the domain which i say give it a try and see what happens before you rush out and buy PRO.
i've been looking for a list of differences between Pro and home, which has not been easy to find and have yet to find a easy to understand list but here it goes.
ON the networking side we are concered about XP home joining a domain which it can not do in the full sense, which means it does not understand group policies or other features of security but can authenicate too and logon a domain controller (I'm 88% sure it can do this)
The following networking features are not included in Home Edition:
The user interface for IPSecurity (IPSec)
SNMP
Simple TCP/IP services
SAP Agent
Client Service for NetWare
Network Monitor
Multiple Roaming feature
it has the same limits 98/95 had but can logon to a domain.
and rethinking what that note says i would say MS is just doing its normal double talk.
But i wait to see if pserko can get it connected to the domain which i say give it a try and see what happens before you rush out and buy PRO.
MasterRacker
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I haven't seen any XP personally yet, but from what it sounds like, Home does exactly what you say: a 9x type workgroup connection which means you get user level domain security but the machine can't join the domain. This will result in limited security and definitley limited manageability.
I'm sure a number of businesses will try to save money by using Home in their networks, but I wouldn't recommend it. The business network and home environments are quite different and there should different home and professional versions of the OS. My only problem with MS on this is that I think their pricing is too high for XP Pro (and Office XP, and XP Server, and ...)
Jeff
I haven't lost my mind - I know it's backed up on tape somewhere ....
I'm sure a number of businesses will try to save money by using Home in their networks, but I wouldn't recommend it. The business network and home environments are quite different and there should different home and professional versions of the OS. My only problem with MS on this is that I think their pricing is too high for XP Pro (and Office XP, and XP Server, and ...)
Jeff
I haven't lost my mind - I know it's backed up on tape somewhere ....
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