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by techless

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I have an XP at home and want to dial into the domain at work. I have set up the dial up and get in -- it authenticates and I have the right permissions ... but the netlogon does not execute. I can ping the server -- but how can I get the network shared drives to be available?

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by timthetoolman

Hi,

Have you actually joined the domain? Do you have a computer account in your domain for your home PC?

Cheers,
Tim.

by saihib

XP Home cannot join a domain. Microsoft designed it that way. You can be a member of a workgroup though. But not a domain.

by techless

Ouch ... so much for a new system at home allowing me to work. It was not the answer I wanted to hear -- I will check with MS if it is true!! Thanks.

by rabbit_runner

Hi, Your netlogon script will not run, unless you are able to logon to the domain. Since XP Home does not have the ability to connect to a domain, you may be out of luck.

We recently had a Windows2000 remote user who needed the logon script to run through a VPN connection. We finally managed to get it to work, but it REQUIRED a domain logon. Let me know if there is any further information which will help you. But with XP Home, it will not work.
Sorry.

by techless

Ouch .. so much for a new system at home that will allow me to work from home.
I'm going to hear MS response to this too.
THanks.

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