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by rmhughes0711

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I am setting up a new PC for my church and am having difficulty getting a logon screen to display. I can see the network and the computers in my workgroup. I can not, however, get a login screen so that all my my drive mappings are set on logon. The only thing I can see that might be different from the other ones I set up is that the problem pc is running XP Home edition instead of XP Professional. Is XP Home edition limited when it comes to this? Suggestions?

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by thechas

Yes indeed.

The primary difference between XP Pro and XP home is networking capabilities.

The Home in XP Home, means HOME.

XP Home is meant for single computer installations in a Home environment.

Chas

by p.j.hutchison

XP Pro has the following features that XP Home does not:
a) Attaching to a domain
b) IIS 5.1
c) Remote Desktop
d) Advanced Security

XP Home and Pro should both work in Workgroup.
How are you drive mapping mapped? A script or manually set up?

by wlbowers

XP is limited in the number of computers that can be it can be connected to at the same time.

Lee

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