OS Question - XP Home v. 2000 Pro

[Nick]

I've just installed a Windows Small Business Server
2003. One of the client's laptops has Windows XP Home on
it. Am I understanding correctly that it cannot be
configured to connect to a domain? Do I have to put
Windows 2000 on it for it to correctly connect to the
server? If not, how do I connect it using XP Home, I
cannot find anywhere to enter a domain name.

Thanks,
Nick

[Miha Pihler]

Hi Nick,

You are right. Windows XP Home can't be part of domain. If you need this PC
to join the domain, you will need to upgrade it to Windows XP Professional
or install Windows 2000 Professional...

Mike

"Nick" <nberger@nmberger.com> wrote in message
news:227df01c45d3c$024eb4f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...

> I've just installed a Windows Small Business Server
> 2003. One of the client's laptops has Windows XP Home on
> it. Am I understanding correctly that it cannot be
> configured to connect to a domain? Do I have to put
> Windows 2000 on it for it to correctly connect to the
> server? If not, how do I connect it using XP Home, I
> cannot find anywhere to enter a domain name.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick

[Nick]

I've never installed Windows 2000 over XP Home or Pro, I
don't have to do a clean install, do I? I think he has a
lot of files and crap on his laptop that cannot be easily
backed up. So I hope I can just put Windows 2000 over XP
Home. Man, what a pain.

Thanks,
Nick

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Nick,
>
>You are right. Windows XP Home can't be part of domain.

If you need this PC

>to join the domain, you will need to upgrade it to

Windows XP Professional

>or install Windows 2000 Professional...
>
>Mike
>
>"Nick" <nberger@nmberger.com> wrote in message
>news:227df01c45d3c$024eb4f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...

>> I've just installed a Windows Small Business Server
>> 2003. One of the client's laptops has Windows XP Home

on

>> it. Am I understanding correctly that it cannot be
>> configured to connect to a domain? Do I have to put
>> Windows 2000 on it for it to correctly connect to the
>> server? If not, how do I connect it using XP Home, I
>> cannot find anywhere to enter a domain name.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nick

>
>
>.
>

[Dave Patrick]

Yes, clean install. To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000
install CD-Rom or setup disks. The set of four install disks can be created
from your Windows 2000 CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the
CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and
follow the prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Nick" wrote:
| I've never installed Windows 2000 over XP Home or Pro, I
| don't have to do a clean install, do I? I think he has a
| lot of files and crap on his laptop that cannot be easily
| backed up. So I hope I can just put Windows 2000 over XP
| Home. Man, what a pain.
|
| Thanks,
| Nick

[Miha Pihler]

If you plan to install Windows XP Professional then you can do upgrade. If
you plan to install Windows 2000 then I would recommend clean install.

Mike

"Nick" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2269f01c45d3d$afaa2c50$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> I've never installed Windows 2000 over XP Home or Pro, I
> don't have to do a clean install, do I? I think he has a
> lot of files and crap on his laptop that cannot be easily
> backed up. So I hope I can just put Windows 2000 over XP
> Home. Man, what a pain.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi Nick,
>>
>>You are right. Windows XP Home can't be part of domain.

> If you need this PC

>>to join the domain, you will need to upgrade it to

> Windows XP Professional

>>or install Windows 2000 Professional...
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>"Nick" <nberger@nmberger.com> wrote in message
>>news:227df01c45d3c$024eb4f0$a401280a@phx.gbl.. .

>>> I've just installed a Windows Small Business Server
>>> 2003. One of the client's laptops has Windows XP Home

> on

>>> it. Am I understanding correctly that it cannot be
>>> configured to connect to a domain? Do I have to put
>>> Windows 2000 on it for it to correctly connect to the
>>> server? If not, how do I connect it using XP Home, I
>>> cannot find anywhere to enter a domain name.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nick

>>
>>
>>.
>>

[Kristofer Gafvert]

Hello,

Windows XP Home was meant to be used by consumers, and not corporate
organisations. So the Home Edition cannot be joined to a domain.

You need to either install Windows 2000, which means that you must do a
clean install. You can also install Windows XP Pro, which can be installed
as an upgrade from Windows XP Home (so you do not need to reinstall
anything).


Good Luck, and i hope this answers your question(s)!

--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
[url]http://www.ilopia.com[/url] - When you need help!


"Nick" <nberger@nmberger.com> wrote in message
news:227df01c45d3c$024eb4f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...

> I've just installed a Windows Small Business Server
> 2003. One of the client's laptops has Windows XP Home on
> it. Am I understanding correctly that it cannot be
> configured to connect to a domain? Do I have to put
> Windows 2000 on it for it to correctly connect to the
> server? If not, how do I connect it using XP Home, I
> cannot find anywhere to enter a domain name.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick

[Jaime]

Nick,

What do you need to do with the laptop? If you need to have it logged in and
joined to the office domain fully, then you're only options are the ones
mentioned (XP Pro or Win2K). However, if this laptop is only occasionally
used on the network to transfer a few files, you still can use XP Home on
the laptop. We had a guy from our corp office come to this office for a
couple of weeks and he brought his personal notebook that had XP Home on it.
He could still see the network drives and even print through the network
with some "work-arounds".

It's been a while, but it seems like, he was presented with the "Connect As"
login box each time he tried to get to a network resource; I just created a
username/password for him on the network with the necessary permissions. I'd
have to think about it a while to remember exactly what he could or couldn't
do.

James


"Nick" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2269f01c45d3d$afaa2c50$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> I've never installed Windows 2000 over XP Home or Pro, I
> don't have to do a clean install, do I? I think he has a
> lot of files and crap on his laptop that cannot be easily
> backed up. So I hope I can just put Windows 2000 over XP
> Home. Man, what a pain.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Nick,
> >
> >You are right. Windows XP Home can't be part of domain.

> If you need this PC

> >to join the domain, you will need to upgrade it to

> Windows XP Professional

> >or install Windows 2000 Professional...
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >"Nick" <nberger@nmberger.com> wrote in message
> >news:227df01c45d3c$024eb4f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...

> >> I've just installed a Windows Small Business Server
> >> 2003. One of the client's laptops has Windows XP Home

> on

> >> it. Am I understanding correctly that it cannot be
> >> configured to connect to a domain? Do I have to put
> >> Windows 2000 on it for it to correctly connect to the
> >> server? If not, how do I connect it using XP Home, I
> >> cannot find anywhere to enter a domain name.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Nick

> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Jaime]

Also, I believe the notebook wouldn't ever "see" the server when browsing,
we had to do a search to find it. Again, it's been a while since I did this.

James


"Jaime" <jaimelobo2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vPdEc.41699$OB3.21201@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...

> Nick,
>
> What do you need to do with the laptop? If you need to have it logged in

and

> joined to the office domain fully, then you're only options are the ones
> mentioned (XP Pro or Win2K). However, if this laptop is only occasionally
> used on the network to transfer a few files, you still can use XP Home on
> the laptop. We had a guy from our corp office come to this office for a
> couple of weeks and he brought his personal notebook that had XP Home on

it.

> He could still see the network drives and even print through the network
> with some "work-arounds".
>
> It's been a while, but it seems like, he was presented with the "Connect

As"

> login box each time he tried to get to a network resource; I just created

a

> username/password for him on the network with the necessary permissions.

I'd

> have to think about it a while to remember exactly what he could or

couldn't

> do.
>
> James
>
>
> "Nick" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2269f01c45d3d$afaa2c50$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> > I've never installed Windows 2000 over XP Home or Pro, I
> > don't have to do a clean install, do I? I think he has a
> > lot of files and crap on his laptop that cannot be easily
> > backed up. So I hope I can just put Windows 2000 over XP
> > Home. Man, what a pain.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
> >

> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Hi Nick,
> > >
> > >You are right. Windows XP Home can't be part of domain.

> > If you need this PC

> > >to join the domain, you will need to upgrade it to

> > Windows XP Professional

> > >or install Windows 2000 Professional...
> > >
> > >Mike
> > >
> > >"Nick" <nberger@nmberger.com> wrote in message
> > >news:227df01c45d3c$024eb4f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> > >> I've just installed a Windows Small Business Server
> > >> 2003. One of the client's laptops has Windows XP Home

> > on

> > >> it. Am I understanding correctly that it cannot be
> > >> configured to connect to a domain? Do I have to put
> > >> Windows 2000 on it for it to correctly connect to the
> > >> server? If not, how do I connect it using XP Home, I
> > >> cannot find anywhere to enter a domain name.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Nick
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >

>
>