Win ME w/dial-up to NT domain /Win XP Home Dual Boot possible?

[Guest]

My computer came with Windows ME installed. When XP came out, my computer
manufacturer provided an OEM XP Home Upgrade disk.

I use this computer to dial into my office and log into a Windows NT domain
to access network folders, etc. If I upgrade to XP Home, I will not be able
to join the domain any more.

My question is regarding a dual boot system. If I leave Win ME on the
original drive and get a new one and clean install XP Home on it (also
reinstalling all my software), will the Win ME version still be able to
access the Windows NT domain?

I know the dual boot option will work, but after 6 hours of searching the
internet, I cannot find any information whether the XP Home install still
allow the Win ME boot to use a domain.

Thanks.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

My computer came with Windows ME installed. When XP came out, my computer
manufacturer provided an OEM XP Home Upgrade disk.

I use this computer to dial into my office and log into a Windows NT domain
to access network folders, etc. If I upgrade to XP Home, I will not be able
to join the domain any more.

My question is regarding a dual boot system. If I leave Win ME on the
original drive and get a new one and clean install XP Home on it (also
reinstalling all my software), will the Win ME version still be able to
access the Windows NT domain?

I know the dual boot option will work, but after 6 hours of searching the
internet, I cannot find any information whether the XP Home install still
allow the Win ME boot to use a domain.

Thanks.

A properly installed dual-boot version of XP Home will have no effect
on the features of the Win ME installation. Win ME will still be able
to log into a Windows NT domain.

You can install XP Home on a new drive, or you can use a partition
manager program to create a new partition on the same drive that
contains Win ME. Whatever drive you use to install XP Home, make sure
to install it into a new partition, not into the one that contains Win
ME.

For partitioning and multi-booting, I use BootIt Next Generation from
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com . It has many features that XP's
built-in dual-boot capability doesn't. In particular, it can hide
partitions, so that Win ME can't see the XP Home partition, and vice
versa. That eliminates the chance that one OS can damage the other
one.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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