dialup in XP

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herb

Here's and interesting question,
I purchased a PC with XP home on it, and I want to make it into a
dialup surver that is one an office network (not connected to the
internet). First of all, can I do this with XP home (the other
computer calling in is an XP home computer)? or do I need XP pro to be
the receiving computer. And, how do I set up the recieving computer
(i.e. where in the control program panel sets up dial up server?).
Finally, if I do have to upgrade to XP, I'd like to take the XP
edition that came on the system and put it on my laptop (currently
running windows 2000). Since I purchased the license with the
computer, if I upgrade it can't I take the old licensing info and use
it to install XP home to my laptop?

Thanks in advance.

herb
 
You can configure Incoming Connections for this purpose. Please refer to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...xp/home/using/productdoc/en/conn_incoming.asp for details.

From the same link,
By creating an incoming connection, a computer can act as a remote access server if it is running Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, or if it is a stand-alone computer running Windows 2000 Server. So you cannot use XP home for this purpose.

Thanks
Giri
 
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