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School Setup
Name: ghhjr Date: February 4, 2004 at 12:37:29 Pacific OS: WIN XP CPU/Ram: AMD 2000+, 256MB
Comment:
I'm purchasing 5 new computers for my school There is already a network at the school basically made up of machines running Win2k or Win98.
I was wondering if it is necessary to purchase XP Pro in a setup like this, or would Home edition work fine (what's the main differences).
Name: Steve Dunn Date: February 4, 2004 at 13:34:34 Pacific
Reply:
If you are (or thinking of) running a domain, then you will need XP Pro - XP Home can't join a domain.
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Response Number 3
Name: rick Date: February 4, 2004 at 14:52:21 Pacific
Reply:
pro, home is not worth the lexan it's stamped into.
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Response Number 4
Name: J A Dean Date: February 4, 2004 at 19:02:23 Pacific
Reply:
Is your existing network a domain or workgroup?
If its a domain then you must have XP Pro (as Steve has said XP HE will not let you join a domain)
If you are a workgroup then XP HE will be fine (I think there is a 10 PC limit for HE workgroups but I'm not sure how tightly that is enforced on a mixed OS workgroup)
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