Using Win XP Home on a Win XP Network

[John Savill]

Hi,

I guess you just mean there are Windows XP Pro machines
on an IP network in which case as long as you configure
the IP setting correctly there is no reason you cannot
connect to shares on Windows XP Pro machines, you just
can't join a Windows domain.

John

John Savill
http://www.windows2000faq.com

 

[Rob Schneider]

John,

I fully understand "connecting" to file and printer shares and how
that's setup.

But ... what exactly does "join the domain" mean? When you "join" what
added advantage do you have besides access to the file and printer
shares? I guess I can think of having it run a logon script for you ...
would appreciate if you could elaborate on this a bit.

thanks
rms

ps. I run XP Pro on my laptop so that I can "join" the Windows domain,
but not sure what I'm missing.

 

[John Savill]

Being part of the domain gives you automatic access to
domain resources that your domain user may have been
given access (which saves passing a username and password
each time). You can also take advantage of software
deployment, updates via group policies. For more
information on domains take a look at the Domain and
Active Directory sections at
http://www.windows2000faq.com.

John

John Savill
http://www.windows2000faq.com