Domain access and Upgrading Home edition to Professional

[John Zacharkan]

From what I've gathered so far after reading through all
the smart a$$ remarks XP home Ed. does not have the means
to logon to a domain.

Well silly me bought a laptop that came with a XP Home
ED. brought to the office and said connect to the domain
and well you all know the rest.

Does XP Pro support connecting to a domain? If so are
there any gottchas?

Can XP Home Ed. be upgraded to Pro

thank you

[Robert Moir]

John Zacharkan wrote:
> From what I've gathered so far after reading through all
> the smart a$$ remarks XP home Ed. does not have the means
> to logon to a domain.
>
> Well silly me bought a laptop that came with a XP Home
> ED. brought to the office and said connect to the domain
> and well you all know the rest.
>
> Does XP Pro support connecting to a domain? If so are
> there any gottchas?
>
> Can XP Home Ed. be upgraded to Pro

Yep it can connect. Not sure what you mean by a gotcha - it can participate
fully in a domain the same as windows NT 4 workstation and Windows 2000
professional.

XP Home can be upgraded to Pro, personally however I always do clean
installs, but thats just me.


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Rob Moir
Microsoft MVP for Windows / Security
www.robertmoir.co.uk

[Nico Tomacelli \(MSFT\)]

John,

Yes, you can seemlessly upgrade Home to Professional. Professional
completely supports being in a domain environment and being joined to a DC.
Not sure what you mean by gotchas.

Hope this helps.

Thx,
Nico
US - Windows Core:Ux

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"John Zacharkan" > wrote in message
...
> From what I've gathered so far after reading through all
> the smart a$$ remarks XP home Ed. does not have the means
> to logon to a domain.
>
> Well silly me bought a laptop that came with a XP Home
> ED. brought to the office and said connect to the domain
> and well you all know the rest.
>
> Does XP Pro support connecting to a domain? If so are
> there any gottchas?
>
> Can XP Home Ed. be upgraded to Pro
>
> thank you