What does it mean to connect to a domain? My school is wireless ( can access
the internet wirelessly). Does that mean that I need to connect to a domain?
I can access all the functions I need from my home pc (webct and databases)
but I want to be able to do that from school. Will win xp home do that?
thanks

Here's a link to my school's page
http://www.mcgill.ca/ncs/access/wireless/
"Sparrow" <mikedan@videotron.ca> wrote in message
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says...
on how your schools LAN is configured.


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Sparrow wrote:


No. Its the main difference between winxp home and winxp pro.



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Sparrow wrote:
A domain in Windows is a relatively large group-I forget exactly how
many Microsoft recommends, but a hundred or more seems to stick in my
mind-of networked computers whose network access is controlled by
servers known as domain controllers. Your machine has to have an
account on the domain controller in order for you to access such a
network. Windows domains are principally used by large organizations
such as big companies and government agencies that generally equip their
employees with essentially identical hardware running essentially
identical applications, because they lend themselves to administration
of such an environment.

My school is wireless ( can access
If you needed to be able to join a domain, the instructions for
connecting to your school's network would have told you so, and would
have specified that you needed XP Pro to do this. Unless there's
another reason the school would prefer you to use XP Pro-and again,
they'd tell you if there were-XP Home will be plenty good enough.

Everything else being equal, though, if I were looking for a new machine
and could grab one with XP Pro on it at about the same price as one with
XP Home, I'd probably go for it. Remember that old saw about "to have
and not need" and "to need and not have" and which is supposed to be
better. Besides, it-or whatever will have replaced it by the time
you're ready to enter the job market-will be what you'll be using at work.

See the Windows XP Pro or Home thread. You are close but not quite right
about the domain. You are however correct in your statement that he does
not need to join the schools domain.
mms

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