I recently brought my laptop into work and attempted to
connect it with the work network, an in-house Windows
2000 server. Although It connects to give me internet
access automatically, I can't get it to automatically log
onto the mapped network drives that I need to access work-
related software. I have played around with the computer
name, user name, login passwords, etc, but still have not
been able to figure out how to do this. Under my own
computer (running Windows 98), I just enter the username
and password at the login prompt when the system boots
up, but my XP home doesn't seem to work. Any ideas would
be appreciated.

In article <03b901c356ed$bf8ad310$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Brett"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I recently brought my laptop into work and attempted to
>connect it with the work network, an in-house Windows
>2000 server. Although It connects to give me internet
>access automatically, I can't get it to automatically log
>onto the mapped network drives that I need to access work-
>related software. I have played around with the computer
>name, user name, login passwords, etc, but still have not
>been able to figure out how to do this. Under my own
>computer (running Windows 98), I just enter the username
>and password at the login prompt when the system boots
>up, but my XP home doesn't seem to work. Any ideas would
>be appreciated.

I'm sorry, but XP Home Edition can't join a domain or log into a
domain. It can connect to a domain and access domain resources. For
details, please see these sites:

Why Windows XP Professional is Best for Domain-Based Networks
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...oindommore.asp

Windows XP Home : Accessing data on a Domain Server
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxphdoms.htm

Windows XP in a Domain Environment
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...xpindomain.asp
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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