dialup in XP

[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

 

[Giridharan Sridharan [MSFT]]

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