Hi GUys, Just for the record:
I installed a new notebook computer this weekend. It came with Windows XP Home Edition. Home Edition does NOT have any Domain security awareness. It appears to have different network drivers as well as a different NTFS file system driver. In fact, one could be forgiven (?) for thinking that Home Edition is a half-way house between Windows ME and Windows XP Professional. I bought a copy of Windows XP Professional and did an "Update" installation over the top of MS Windows XP Home. It took 65 minutes on a 1.8GHz P4 Mobile chipset with 512MB RAM and a fast 30GB HDD. Installation of SuSE 8,1 on it took 30 minutes by comparison! I now have all the domain stuff, and I noted that ACLs I had set on the file system were all gone! Had to redo all of this. My conclusion is that MS Windows XP Professional is a totally different game compared with MS Windows XP Home. A little deception by M$ maybe? By calling them both "Windows XP" aren't they kind of implying that both are the same product with just additional features in XP Pro? Oh well, another lesson in the ways of the mighty! So summarizing: 1. MS Windows XP Home can act only in what Microsoft calls "Home Networking" mode. This used to be called "WORKGROUP" networking, but there are some subtle differences in XP Home. You get to use a special system account for workgroup type behaviour. 2. I had NO difficulties connecting from Win XP Home to any Samba server. No need for the SignOrSeal disabling registry upadate. 3. MS Windows XP Home edition can not do any form of network logon, unlike MS Windows 9X/ME, which could. So in one way, it does less than the old platform it replaces! 4. Windows XP Professional has all the Domain security capability you need, as well as a lot of baggage that is likely NOT needed. 5. The cost of upgrading from Windows XP Home to Windows XP Professional is $199USD. I found out that if you order the upgrade with a new notebook it costs only $50 for the upgrade, but if you walk out of the store and then back in to buy the upgrade it costs $199USD. Nice one! Of course when I bought the notebook the salesman could not tell me what XP Home lacks that might cause me to want XP Pro. So is the upgrade worth the expense? No! But if you want Domain logon capability you have no choice. You see, if you are the dumb ass that did not know what the difference between Home and Pro is, it will cost you an extra $149USD to find out. Cheers, John T. On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Peter Caitens wrote: > Thats correct. A far as I am aware XP Home cannot connect to a domain. You > will need XP Pro to do this. > > Regards > Peter > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: Glenn J. Rowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > | Sent: Monday, 20 January 2003 11:04 am > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Subject: [Samba] Samba and XP - Updated Registry - Still no go > | > | > | > | One user on our church network is using XP Home Edition. I > | updated the > | registry as I have seen posted on various sites. > | > | He is still not able to connect. I have the feeling it is > | because he has > | joined a "workgroup" and not a "domain". I am able to change > | the workgroup > | name but I can't seem to figure out how to join a domain instead. > | > | Is there a restriction that the "Home Edition" can not join a domain? > | > | Glenn Rowe > | Volunteer > | -- > | To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > | instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > | > > -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
