home vs pro question
I'm looking for a reputable reseller that still has copies of XP in stock so I can upgrade an older laptop that somebody gave me form Vista to XP (it only has 1gb of RAM).I realized something. I intend to take the laptop to my night school and connect to their wireless network. I know that some of the other students can print to the computer labs when on the campus network, but I'm unsure exactly how they do it. I'm going to explain how I think it happens, and I'm wondering if I can do this with XP Home since a domain login is involved. The computer labs have removable hard drives that are issued to students that can be booted and grant us local administer rights, and IT students such as myself install and set up Windows ourselves on these drives using copies of XP provided by the school.When I set that up, I had it set up as a workgroup system, however, I was still able to connect to the print server via the use of Start->Run and entering \\printservername . Windows XP then prompts me for my login and password.If I try to connect to the print server with XP Home using that method, will I be unable to connect because of a lack of domain support? I learned of the differences of XP Home & Pro when I got my associates degree in the early to mid 2000s, I admit I can't recall some details as I have used XP Pro at home for various reasons, not the least of which being that I've had 1 copy for a while. If only I could transfer an OEM license of XP Home from a dead tower to this laptop, it would be so much cheaper.1 person got this answerI do too
January 3rd, 2011 3:09pm

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