On 1 Nov 2006 at 10:29, James Maki wrote: > I looked into this after buying my daughter a WME Laptop for College and > THEN hearing that the inability to join a domain might cause her a problem. > I found several websites that said you could join a domain when you first > install WME, but not after. I also found this website that indicates you can > hack WME to allow access to a domain. I didn't try it (the university did > not require access to a domain for the students to access their network), > but thought I would pass on the info.
What most people don't realize, you can connect to and access a domain using XP Home let alone MCE if necessary. Basically you have to map any network shares/printers etc from the command line and you have to use your domain credentials and most important, the /persistent switch. The only drawback I've seen with this method concerns XP Home and Microsoft Exchange, basically when you start Outlook and connect to your exchange account, it will ask for your domain username and password each time. If you are running MCE2k5, this method makes domain access transparent to the end user as long as you've mapped the resources they need from the command line as above. -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager) -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
