Hi Chris,

I've never used XP home, and I'm using XP Pro less and less, as I'm

moving away from windows. Using Linux gives me a much greater sense of

having power, stability, and worry free computing comfort. It's gotten

to the point where I dread booting into Windows XP Pro, because its so

big, slow, and is such a struggle to get things network and keep

everything running smoothly. Also, I find I'm under much more stress

when running windows; because, I so gun shy waiting for something to

misfire.

After using Linux to the point where you have become comfortable with

it, you will better understand what I'm trying to say.

Regards,

LelandJ

Chris Davis wrote:

>I only found this out when one of our clients accidentally bought a new

>machine which has Home on instead of Pro. They wanted to use it until the

>replace with Pro arrived. So I mapped the drives to the domain server using

>something like ...

>

>Net use f: \\servername\sharename userpassword /user:domainname\username

>/persistent:yes

>

>You can do the same thing via the gui by clicking on map network drive and

>selected the log on as another user link.

>

>Hope this helps in future.

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: prolinux-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:prolinux-bounces@leafe.com] On

>Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA

>Sent: 16 January 2005 00:05

>To: ProLinux Email List

>Subject: Re: [ProLinux] XP Hell again

>

>Hi Chris,

>

>Thanks for the information. To tell the truth, I've never used XP home;

>because, I got the impression early on that it wouldn't network. I just

>assumed it didn't have the software built-in to network, kind of like

>the old one-to-a-customer MS Dos OS.

>

>Regards,

>

>LelandJ

>

>Chris Davis wrote:

>

>

>

>>You can network with Home, you are right in that in cannot join a Domain.

>>

>>-----Original Message-----

>>From: prolinux-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:prolinux-bounces@leafe.com] On

>>Behalf Of Whil Hentzen

>>Sent: 15 January 2005 23:51

>>To: ProLinux Email List

>>Subject: Re: [ProLinux] XP Hell again

>>

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>>>The BAD news, the new computer has XP Home on it!!! SHIT.

>>>

>>>I'm trying to copy everything off of my old computer and make the new

>>>one visible to the other 2 computers on the network. I can't figure

>>>out how to make XP allow other computers (Especially Win2K computers)

>>>to access it.

>>>

>>>

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>>>

>>I seem to recall that XP home was intentionally crippled so as to not

>>allow networking. (Or was that it just can't join a PDC.

>>

>>I'd say putting W2K Pro on the box is a better idea. That's what I'd do.

>>

>>And then I'd lock that thing down tighter than, well, having a bunch of

>>17 year old girls in the house tonight for a sleepover, I'll spare the

>>rest of that line, but you know what I'm thinking.

>>

>>Whil

>>(Going to find my shotgun and put it by the front door, right next to

>>the shovel, just in case any of the local X-chromosome-endowed show up

>>here tonight.)

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