XP Home and Windows 2003 Server

[Guest]

Are there any problems or limitations connecting XP home computers to a
Windows 2003 server that is used for file server only - not a domain server?
I know about the 5 connection limit on peer to peer on XP Home and also that
XP home won't connect to a domain. But what if just using 2003 as a file
server?

 

[Og]

XP Home (or Win 98, or Win ME) can, indeed, join a Peer-to-Peer Workgroup of
which Server 2003 is a member.


steve

 

[Malke]

Are there any problems or limitations connecting XP home computers to
a
Windows 2003 server that is used for file server only - not a domain
server? I know about the 5 connection limit on peer to peer on XP Home
and also that XP home won't connect to a domain. But what if just
using 2003 as a file server?

If you are using the Win2k3 box without a domain, it's just another
computer on the Workgroup. Your incoming connections limitation will be
bigger, of course. It's a good solution for a small office but if you
have more than 10-12 workstations, I'd go ahead and enable AD.
Management will be so much easier.

Malke