- XP Home and Windows 2003 Server
- Posted by LMStarbuck on November 11th, 2005
Are there any problems or limitations connecting XP home computers to a
Windows 2003 server that is used for file server only - not a domain server?
I know about the 5 connection limit on peer to peer on XP Home and also that
XP home won't connect to a domain. But what if just using 2003 as a file
server?
- Posted by Og on November 11th, 2005
XP Home (or Win 98, or Win ME) can, indeed, join a Peer-to-Peer Workgroup of
which Server 2003 is a member.
steve
"LMStarbuck" <LMStarbuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Are there any problems or limitations connecting XP home computers to a
> Windows 2003 server that is used for file server only - not a domain
> server?
> I know about the 5 connection limit on peer to peer on XP Home and also
> that
> XP home won't connect to a domain. But what if just using 2003 as a file
> server?
- Posted by Malke on November 11th, 2005
LMStarbuck wrote:
> Are there any problems or limitations connecting XP home computers to
> a
> Windows 2003 server that is used for file server only - not a domain
> server? I know about the 5 connection limit on peer to peer on XP Home
> and also that XP home won't connect to a domain. But what if just
> using 2003 as a file server?
If you are using the Win2k3 box without a domain, it's just another
computer on the Workgroup. Your incoming connections limitation will be
bigger, of course. It's a good solution for a small office but if you
have more than 10-12 workstations, I'd go ahead and enable AD.
Management will be so much easier.
Malke
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