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 needs an answerI do too

You can still access and print to domain printers using the Home version - but you'll be prompted for your domain login each time you connect to the printer.-B- http://www.officeforlawyers.com | http://www.onenote-tips.com Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook

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The laptop came with Vista 32 Home Premium, but only has 1gb of RAM. It reminds me of the machines running XP with only 128mb of RAM. The page file goes nuts, CONSTANTLY giving me page faults just using Windows Explorer. I was able to make a big difference by doing two things: Turning off all the visual effects under "Performance and Maintenance", and two, disabling the services related to Windows Media Center along with a few other unneeded services like Smart Cards. Black Viper's guide helped me select what to kill.I'm still short on RAM for Vista, which is pathetic since if I had XP installed I'd have tons of free memory. Heck, I've gotten better performance on a 1ghz pentium II with 512mb of RAM than I get out of this 1.7ghz laptop with 1gb of RAM.I'd say I got better performance when said system was running win98 with half the ram I listed above (I expanded it in 2003 when I got a good deal on XP Pro though an employer subsidy/incentive).The problem is, that I'm using that copy of XP on another machine. Also, I have a good desktop system. Until I started night school, I'd rarely had any need for a laptop, unless you count the period I had one supplied by my employer. Hence why I never bought one. Right now, I need it for two primary purposes: Wireless Internet access and Microsoft Word. With the occasional use of Acrobat & Powerpoint reader (actually powerpoint since it's part of my office suite and I figured "better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it).The only thing I'm planning on using this laptop for that I can't do on an ancient and dying NEC Ready 440T running Windows 98 First Edition with 96mb of RAM is access the internet via 802.11 WiFi. Well, that, plus open .docx files or using ANY brand of USB thumb drives instead of just ones with Win98FE drivers. I'm not sure if I could install Open Office Writer 2.4.2 on that ancient thing. I _know_ it works in Win98SE with 256mb of RAM (or at least a previous version 1.X did, but you need 2.4.x for docx).