VISTA & 2003 SERVER

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Simple question - will Vista Home Edition connect to a 2003 Server or is it
not possible like the difference between XP - Pro and XP - Home?

What Microsoft Web Site can I show for the findings?

(I have a client who wants to connect Vista Home to a network and I told him
it is not possible)

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Vista Home cannot join a domain, that does not mean it cannot connect to a
server. It is pretty much the same as the difference between XP Pro/Home.
You need Vista Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise to be able to join a
domain.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Pre-PDC Exclusive: Windows Vista Product Editions Revealed:
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/47665/47665.html?Ad=1

"Vista Pro, a powerful, reliable, and secure OS for businesses of all sizes,
will include domain-join and ..."

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[Telelink]

Do yoiu have a Microsoft web page I can go to and print off to show him?

 

[Max]

Ummmmm..."2005"...."Vista Pro"....yeah, that's accurate.

 

[Rick Rogers]

The official word:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929543

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Vista Home Edition can "connect to a server" or "connect to a network" just
fine, the same as all other versions of Windows can. But it, like Windows
XP Home Edition, cannot join a domain. Nonetheless, even on a domain it
still can access network resources, shared folders and files, printers, and
so on.