need for XP Pro?

[Guest]

my office administrator is telling me I need XP Pro instead of the Home edition in order to have access to our Exhange server when I'm in the office hard wired to the network. Why is this? I bought the laptop at Circuit City. They don't sell the laptops with Pro loaded and the "upgrade" is $300! Also, I'm told I'd have to wipe out Home and reload or partition and run both operating systems.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

my office administrator is telling me I need XP Pro instead of the
Home edition in order to have access to our Exhange server when I'm
in the office hard wired to the network. Why is this? I bought the
laptop at Circuit City. They don't sell the laptops with Pro loaded
and the "upgrade" is $300! Also, I'm told I'd have to wipe out Home
and reload or partition and run both operating systems.

You do not need Windows XP Professional to connect to an Exchange server.
In order to join a domain, yeah, but in order to use Exchange, you just need
a properly configured PC with a properly configured Exchange client (like
Outlook.)

 

[Guest]

----- Shenan Stanley wrote: ----

STP wrote

my office administrator is telling me I need XP Pro instead of th
Home edition in order to have access to our Exhange server when I'
in the office hard wired to the network. Why is this? I bought th
laptop at Circuit City. They don't sell the laptops with Pro loade
and the "upgrade" is $300! Also, I'm told I'd have to wipe out Hom
and reload or partition and run both operating systems

You do not need Windows XP Professional to connect to an Exchange server
In order to join a domain, yeah, but in order to use Exchange, you just nee
a properly configured PC with a properly configured Exchange client (lik
Outlook.

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If I am using home XP and therfore not able to be part of a domain, will my computer be creating a security problem for my company network? I only want to be able access the company network when I'm in the office, no remote access required.

 

[Guest]

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-----Original Message-----


----- Shenan Stanley wrote: -----
systems.


You do not need Windows XP Professional to connect to an Exchange server.
In order to join a domain, yeah, but in order to use Exchange, you just need
a properly configured PC with a properly configured Exchange client (like
Outlook.)

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completeness, accuracy or timeliness, and without warranties of any
kind, express or implied. In other words, read up before you take any
advice - you are the one ultimately responsible for your actions.


If I am using home XP and therfore not able to be

part of a domain, will my computer be creating a security
problem for my company network? I only want to be able
access the company network when I'm in the office, no
remote access required.

 

[Robert Moir]

If I am using home XP and therfore not able to be part of a
domain, will my computer be creating a security problem for my
company network? I only want to be able access the company network
when I'm in the office, no remote access required.

It might cause a problem, it might not, it is impossible to say without
knowing what exactly goes on in your network.

Your company may have a security policy that requires PCs that connect to
the network, whether frequently or not, to be members of the domain, receive
certain OS policy settings, OS patches, and antivirus updates.

It may also be that your office administrator is making a couple of
assumptions that are not correct (Shenan has already pointed out that
Exchange will work, for example).

Personally, where I work, we just don't allow people to connect computers to
our network at all unless they are owned by the organisation and purchased
through IT. That is kinda extreme but it does prevent problems like this.


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[Robert Moir]

Good info from others so far....also, you can easily upgrade from XP
Home to XP Pro WITHOUT wiping and starting over again.

I'm wondering if thats a "policy" thing, its obviously not a technical
requirement.

And there is
no way that the upgrade costs $300!!! You can find it in most stores
for around $190

Or, especially if a wipe is required, buy one of the "OEM copy + some cheap
bit of hardware" deals that some places do.