We have about 10 computers in the office running Windows XP Home. We are
installing a server running Windows Small Business Edition. I set the
usernames and passwords on all the client computers to match the usernames
and passwords on the server. I also set all the client computers to use the
same workgroup as the server. On most of the computers, the user logs into
Windows at the Welcome to Windows screen and is automatically connected to
the server. However, on two computers, the user logs in at the Welcome to
Windows screen and then must log in again to access the server. Any ideas on
how to get these last two computers to automatically connect to the server?

XP Home was never intended to connect to a Windows server.

Look at "net use"

On 05/10/2006 SusanB <Sus***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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That's one reason I coded this:  http://mylogon.net

-though not the principal reason.  It will give your XP Home computers a
'domain-like' logon, though, with one sign-in.

I realize XP Home was not intended to have as much network functionality as
Pro, but it still will link to a server, and since most of the computers in
the office are doing so with no problems, I assume that there is some
registry setting on the two that aren't that are keeping them from
automatically connecting. I'd really like to connect without using third
party programming to do so.
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SusanB <Sus***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
You might post in microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs -

Note - you've already been told that XP Home is not the right OS choice, and
I'll just restate it. You really ought to upgrade. You can't take advantage
of a huge amount of features (centralized management, group policy, remote
access, etc) without joining the computers to the domain, and XP Home cannot
join a domain. It is really best to buy upgrades for all - you can do that
with Volume Licensing so you don't need to come back from Staples with a
huge bag of retail upgrade boxes. Seriously, I wouldn't set up a domain if I
couldn't join all the computers to it and manage them centrally (and manage
all user accounts in one place).

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