Networking with XP vs 98SE

12 Jun 2005 12:08 AM

Derek Upson

up until now, all of our workstations at work use Win98SE. we need to
connect to one Win2000 server and one Novell 3.12 server (our business is
run on some customer software that only runs on Novell). I have our first
XP machines in house. the machines have XP Home.

Currently, we use Client for Microsoft Networks to log onto our Win2000
server using the domain name. We then use Microsoft Client for Netware and
set the default server to our Novell server name.

Does anyone have any help to tell me how to do this same thing with XP? Can
it be done using XP Home? I don't even see a place to put the default
domain name.

12 Jun 2005 12:45 AM

Chuck

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On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 00:08:46 GMT, "Derek Upson" <dwup***@verizon.net> wrote:

>up until now, all of our workstations at work use Win98SE. we need to
>connect to one Win2000 server and one Novell 3.12 server (our business is
>run on some customer software that only runs on Novell). I have our first
>XP machines in house. the machines have XP Home.
>
>Currently, we use Client for Microsoft Networks to log onto our Win2000
>server using the domain name. We then use Microsoft Client for Netware and
>set the default server to our Novell server name.
>
>Does anyone have any help to tell me how to do this same thing with XP? Can
>it be done using XP Home? I don't even see a place to put the default
>domain name.

Derek,

An XP Home computer cannot join a domain. You can define the XP Home computers
in a workgroup with the same name as the domain, which will allow them to see
the servers in Network Neighborhood, but you'll have to setup matching accounts
on each client and server.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html>

XP Pro would have been a far better choice here. Was there any particular
reason for choosing XP Home?

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Chuck
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12 Jun 2005 1:32 AM

Pavel A.

Yes, for a business use, stay away from XP Home like plague. Use only Pro.
--PA

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"Derek Upson" <dwup***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:i2Lqe.1147$eC1.1133@trndny04...
> up until now, all of our workstations at work use Win98SE. we need to
> connect to one Win2000 server and one Novell 3.12 server (our business is
> run on some customer software that only runs on Novell). I have our first
> XP machines in house. the machines have XP Home.
>
> Currently, we use Client for Microsoft Networks to log onto our Win2000
> server using the domain name. We then use Microsoft Client for Netware and
> set the default server to our Novell server name.
>
> Does anyone have any help to tell me how to do this same thing with XP? Can
> it be done using XP Home? I don't even see a place to put the default
> domain name.
>
>

15 Jun 2005 12:55 PM

Jetro

Do not waste your money on XP and stay away of it. You'd either wait for
Longhorn release at the end of 2005 - start of 2006 or purchase W2k.
Having XPH you use the same approach as for W9x and you are right, there is
no place to put a domain name.