[dba-Tech] WinXP Home Edition and NT4 domains

Hi John

Yes, that may very well be so.

However, you never for how long, neither can you clone or duplicate a
setup at a new client and be sure it will work reliably. We have a
long record of malfunctioning "Windows network" peer-to-peer setups
which has caused all sort of problems with a majority around shared
printers. 

I a client insists we stress that it will be on his own risc and that
we neither can or will guarantee reliability of such a network
appropriate for business use. Also, Windows network at least used to
be set up by default with the Netbios protocol which the latest worms
just love; at one occasion a client had 20 machines infected in a
second when someone brought in and connected an infected laptop
because the users were allowed to establish peer-to-peer connections.
Security is either impossible or a nightmare to maintain on such
networks. 

/gustav


> Date: 2004-01-24 15:40

> What troubles?  I run a peer to peer at my home office with no problems that
> I'm aware of.

> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 3:58 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [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