[dba-Tech] WinXP Home Edition and NT4 domains

Hi Stuart and John

>> I know that WinXP Home Edition cannot be used to logon to an Active
>> Directory domain but can Home Edition be used to logon to an NT4 domain?
>> 
>> I would think it could since W95/98/ME can but who knows what MS does until
>> you ask.
>> 
> No it can't. I've had several systems where local suppliers have sold 
> laptops with XP Home to people who needed to connect  to  corporate 
> networks running NT4 domain controllers.   I've upgraded  them all to 
> W2kPro.

> XP Home, doesn't understand domains at all - it can only network in a 
> peer to peer workgroup.

William will hate this ... but that statement is too restrictive.
Using the Novell Client, XP Home logs perfectly well into a NetWare
network.
And as you can obtain a 5-user license for NetWare Small Business for
near the media cost only, why bother with all the troubles of
peer-to-peer networking?

/gustav