Hi,

I have been told by many technical support people that I
cannot connect a Windows XP Home computer to my Windows
2000 server, but today speaking to a software salesman I
was told that it was possible to do this (he seemed to
think that I had been given incorrect information and
that I am just stupid for thinking you couldn't). I have
tried to connect a XP Home computer to the network in the
past and it didn't work! Who is right??? And if it is
possible what am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Kirsty.

XP Home can't join a domain so everytime you will have to provide the
credentials if accessing a networkshare. It will also not get the policies
that are set on the server. Forget it and upgrade to XP Pro.

--
Regards,

Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP

"KAM" <(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
news:1d40401c42345$fed9aad0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I have been told by many technical support people that I
> cannot connect a Windows XP Home computer to my Windows
> 2000 server, but today speaking to a software salesman I
> was told that it was possible to do this (he seemed to
> think that I had been given incorrect information and
> that I am just stupid for thinking you couldn't). I have
> tried to connect a XP Home computer to the network in the
> past and it didn't work! Who is right??? And if it is
> possible what am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kirsty.

i had the same problem with win xp pro, when i setup the
user on the 2000 machine it started working. there are
some hokie things in the permissions that i had no clue
how to change. this worked and i left it alone.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I have been told by many technical support people that I
>cannot connect a Windows XP Home computer to my Windows
>2000 server, but today speaking to a software salesman I
>was told that it was possible to do this (he seemed to
>think that I had been given incorrect information and
>that I am just stupid for thinking you couldn't). I have
>tried to connect a XP Home computer to the network in the
>past and it didn't work! Who is right??? And if it is
>possible what am I doing wrong?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kirsty.
>.
>