can i network Xp home and professional with win 2003 server

[Guest]

Hi

Our school has hired a techie to help network our lab - he has informed me
that it is not possible to put an XP home pc on a network with a Win 2003
server and XP pro clients - please tell me he has gotten this wrong!!! We
basically use the server to validate logons and to maintain user profiles
(will be using wingate for internet access)

All help would be greatly appreciated

Emma

 

[Test User]

Hi

Our school has hired a techie to help network our lab - he has informed me
that it is not possible to put an XP home pc on a network with a Win 2003
server and XP pro clients - please tell me he has gotten this wrong!!! We
basically use the server to validate logons and to maintain user profiles
(will be using wingate for internet access)

All help would be greatly appreciated

Emma

It is true if the network uses a domain. XP Home can't log on to domains.

HTH
-pk

 

[Paul Smith]

Hi

Our school has hired a techie to help network our lab - he has informed me
that it is not possible to put an XP home pc on a network with a Win 2003
server and XP pro clients - please tell me he has gotten this wrong!!! We
basically use the server to validate logons and to maintain user profiles
(will be using wingate for internet access)

If it's using a domain, then no.

You can "network" but I suspect it won't do what you're after, all user
accounts will have to be local and you'll need everyone to actually type in
a password if they want to use any shares on the network.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP Resource Site.

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[Guest]

Emma, your techie is correct. XP home can not join a domain.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi

Our school has hired a techie to help network our lab - he has
informed me that it is not possible to put an XP home pc on a
network
with a Win 2003 server and XP pro clients - please tell me he has
gotten this wrong!!! We basically use the server to validate logons
and to maintain user profiles (will be using wingate for internet
access)

All help would be greatly appreciated

Emma

WinXP Home is not designed to, nor can it truly be made to, join a
WinNT, Win2K or Win2K3 domain. For the specific purposes you
describe, WinXP Home would be useless.

Windows XP Comparison Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Which Edition Is Right for You
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

However, domain resources, such as shared folders on the servers,
or printers, can be manually accessed by properly authenticated users
on WinXP Home machines.

--

Bruce Chambers

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[Andrew D. Newbould]

Hmmm, some techie you have there !

Yes you can use XP Pro and Home clients on a Windows 2003 Domain
network. However, there are a few differences in the way each type of PC
will behave on the Domain.

XP Pro machines can be configured to be Members of the Domain and hence
login to the Domain on startup. In otherwords, the login ID you use to
login to the PC must be valid on the Domain Server. All access rights to
shares, printers, internet, other PC's etc is controlled via the server
and hence you can forget about it once logged in.

XP Home machines only know about Peer-2-Peer networks where NO Domain
server exists (ie: Home or Small networks). When you log into the
machine you will always log into the local machine and never the Domain.
The difference comes when you want to access network resources
controlled by the Domain (ie: network shares, printers, internet
connection etc). As the PC has not logged into the Domain, the server
requests authentication before allowing you access. In otherwords, it
asks you for a username and password. Once you have supplied this
information once, you can keep re-using the resource until the PC or
Server is rebooted. The only real exception to this is your internet
connection, which will ask for authentication each time it is accessed.

An XP Pro machine will behave just like an XP Home machine if configured
as a Workgroup computer rather than a Domain Member.

An XP Home machine can never become a member of a Domain, crazy but
thats M$ for you.

Your scenario is a very common one for most companies because MOST
laptops are supplied with Home and not Pro. Finding a laptop with Pro
installed is very hard. Normally you have to buy another Pro license.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Your scenario is a very common one for most companies because MOST
laptops are supplied with Home and not Pro. Finding a laptop with Pro
installed is very hard. Normally you have to buy another Pro license.

Hi

It's not hard at all to get XP Pro with the computer e.g. when buying
one of the major brands or when buying from a shop that wants to sell
to the corporate marked.