Here's what I've come to find (both from reading and personal experience)...
You cannot join a WinXP Home computer to a domain... This means that the computer cannot be managed via AD GPO (software distribution, account management, computer lockdown, etc). Administrators may not be able to "seamlessly" manage the box and all the wonderful nifty little admin things that being part of the domain allows (remote registry, event log monitoring, etc)... Also, you cannot login with a user domain account on a XP Home box, which means that things that require NT Authentication may not work properly (logging into an Exchange mailbox, protected web page, SQL database, etc etc etc)... You can, however, access a domain's shared directories and printers, though unless you have your local user account is the same as your domain account you will be prompted for a name and password to establish connections... Basically, it does function a lot like Win9x in similar circumstances... One big caveat, besides what I've listed above, is that the file sharing and file system security on XP Home (even with NTFS installed) is VERY stripped down compared to XP Pro... Not that the file system is inherently insecure, but there is much less control of the security parameters, especially with directories that are being shared... You can probably suffer with some XP Home machines accessing the domain if you must (Especially if it's a small business)... Once you want to start making full use in the time and effort spent on implementing AD, you're going to become less and less happy with the limitations of XP Home... Joe Pochedley "I like deadlines," cartoonist Scott Adams once said. "I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." -----Original Message----- From: W. Andy Roche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 8:43 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Win XP Home on a domain I have a ggod friend that is using Home on his laptop. He can access the domain here at work by mapping drives, etc. He is a contractor, so he doesn't have the authority or desire to try and the domain. W. Andy Roche -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Warren Cundy Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 5:52 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Win XP Home on a domain I realize that's what MS tells us. I've only used Pro myself. What is happening is that a client currently runs their network on a workgroup setup, with XP home and xp pro machines, so I'm wondering what will happen to the XP Home machines if/when they upgrade to a domain. Obviously they won't log in the same way, but will they be able to get any access? -W > Warren, > > To get XP working on a domain, you'll need XP professional. > > XP Home = workgroups > XP Prof = domains > > At least, that's my experience. > > themolk. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Warren Cundy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, 21 June 2002 7:38 am > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: Win XP Home on a domain > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > Does anybody know what happens when you try and put XP Home edition > > into a domain? Does it function like Win 98? Or worse, is it > > impossible to connect? > > > > Thanks > > > > -Warren > > > > ------ > > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
