XP Home and Domain Controller?

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Does XP Home have the capability to logon to a Windows 2000 Domain
Controller? If so, is it the same methods as in XP PRO?

thanks in advance
 
SQL said:
Does XP Home have the capability to logon to a Windows 2000 Domain
Controller? If so, is it the same methods as in XP PRO?

thanks in advance
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No. XP Home cannot become a member of a domain. However, it can use
domain resources. Here are links which explain that:

Why Windows XP Professional is Best for Domain-Based Networks
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/evaluation/overviews/joindommore.asp

Windows XP Home : Accessing data on a Domain Server -
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxphdoms.htm

Malke
 
Thanks.....can I still use the XP Home machine to obtain IP address if the DC
is using DHCP? obviously point the gateway IP address to that of the DC.....

thanks
 
Actually, no. If you have your DHCP server correctly configured, setting XP
Home to automatically get an IP address should 'fill in all the blanks'
correctly. Don't manually set anything.

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