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XP home and samba
Name: sned Date: September 11, 2002 at 17:23:25 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: 1ghz + w/512 +
Comment:
How can I configure XP home to automatically log into a samba server when the user logs onto there machine with the same user name and password that samba uses. It's strange that some of our XP home system work and some don't.
Name: anj Date: September 16, 2002 at 08:14:16 Pacific
Reply:
From what I understand, XP Home has NO networking support. Like, NONE at all. Microsoft wants you to spend the extra $100 and get Professional if you want to network anywhere. Home apparently has dial-up support and that is it.
Sorry. :(
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Response Number 2
Name: Carey Kelly Date: September 16, 2002 at 12:16:45 Pacific
Reply:
Check your passwd on the ones that dont work. We have several users that have laptops with XP home with no problem what so ever.
I am on a laptop now that has access to a couple of different Red Hat samba servers. Make sure your useing encrpytpasswords =yes and make sure you are using the right encryption type on the servers. But XP home not having network support is crazy I have not ever heard of such a thing. Especially from a NETWORK OS. That is what XP is all about. sorry ANJ but you are incorrect, unless you get a lite version like the 98lite install kit or your sysadmin did away with via a PDC or other means using policy editor..
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Response Number 3
Name: Rick Date: September 17, 2002 at 07:34:58 Pacific
Reply:
I'm with you Carey, I have several clients running XP home on a multi subnet WAN, no networking problems with them at all.
XP being basiclly NT 5.0 I don't think you could seperate out the networking componets if you wanted too.
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Response Number 4
Name: XP != NT 5.0 Date: October 6, 2002 at 13:22:50 Pacific
Reply:
XP is NOT basically NT5, Win2k IS NT 5.0. If anything, XP would be NT 6.0!
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