Connecting to a "domain" w/Home Basic

I need to connect to a network server, but do not seem to have the option. Is
there a work-around or do I need to return the computer and get an XP model?

klw wrote:
> I need to connect to a network server, but do not seem to have the option. Is
> there a work-around or do I need to return the computer and get an XP model?

Neither Home Basic nor Home Premium can connect to a domain, just like
XP Home and MCE* could not. You need either Vista Business or Ultimate
or, if you want to go back to XP, XP Pro.


*Unless joined to the domain during installation, not normally done
since MCE isn't really right for business use anyway.


Malke
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Your post is not clear. The heading refers to "domain" but in the body you
state. "I need to connect to a network server...". Home Basic cannot "join"
or become a member of a domain but can connect to a network server ala
Internet.

Home Premium is XP pro's replacement and can join a domain.


"klw" <klw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B4EDEF33-DA37-44CD-AC32-86D03EE60CDC@microsoft.com...
>I need to connect to a network server, but do not seem to have the option.
>Is
> there a work-around or do I need to return the computer and get an XP
> model?

The above post is NOT correct. Home Premium corresponds to the Tablet and
Media Center editions of XP, and *cannot* join a domain. Domain-join is an
option for Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate.

"AJR" <ajrjdr@comcast.net> a écrit dans le message de
news:eJvZFSfWHHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Your post is not clear. The heading refers to "domain" but in the body you
> state. "I need to connect to a network server...". Home Basic cannot
> "join" or become a member of a domain but can connect to a network server
> ala Internet.
>
> Home Premium is XP pro's replacement and can join a domain.
>
>
> "klw" <klw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B4EDEF33-DA37-44CD-AC32-86D03EE60CDC@microsoft.com...
>>I need to connect to a network server, but do not seem to have the option.
>>Is
>> there a work-around or do I need to return the computer and get an XP
>> model?
>
>