XP Home w/ domains

[mikevm]

Has anyone tried to integrate an XP Home client in a Win2k domain?

I know MS says it can't (or shouldn't) be done, but you know, there are always those situations where you cant upgrade a system right away. I 've got this one XP home client (its an OEM box that came that way) on a single-server network. I 'm just thinking about ahwt to do w/ it.

I suppose if the local user credentials match a set on the server, that user can at least access ressources (shares and printers) on the network? I have a login script in the NETLOGON share of the server, I guess I 'll have to run that locally.

I usually try to stay away form XP home and haven't messed with it much. Is it much like XP Pro? How are you people integrating it in networks when it comes-up?

Thanks for the input!

 

[wolluf]

You can't (officially) join a domain with XP Home (but as you say, you can access resources with the right credentials). Also, there is a registry tweak which claims to let XP Home - see

http://vowe.net/archives/001639.html

(I haven't tried this).

 

[mikevm]

Great, thanks for the info.
I 'll test it out and see wha happens

MS should realize that in the small business environment, people purchase cheap PC's and don't necessarely realize what O/S is on it... They should make that easier to change over, anyways, that's not the point.

Do you know if XP home supports NTFS, I guess it doesn't.

 

[imatthec]

yes, xphome supports the ntfs file system

 

[mikevm]

Thanks for the info

 

[mikevm]

If you were to manually create a computer account for the xp home box on the server, I wonder if you could log-in using user credentials (user@domain.com) from the AD in the xp home box?