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Can I network Windows Vista Home Premium onto a Workgroup network?



 
 
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Old May 16th 07, 11:19 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Pearl
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Default Can I network Windows Vista Home Premium onto a Workgroup network?

I have a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium on it. We also have a
wireless office network secured with Mac Filtering. All the other computers
in the office are Windows XP pro. Can my new Vista Home Premium computer be
networked into this environment so that it can share files and also see other
computers and their files and attached resources?
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Old May 16th 07, 11:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
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Default Can I network Windows Vista Home Premium onto a Workgroup network?

If you don't use a real server in the office then "Yes" You can.
If there is a server the answer is no Home versions cannot access a domain.
Ko.

"Pearl" schreef in bericht
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I have a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium on it. We also have
a
wireless office network secured with Mac Filtering. All the other
computers
in the office are Windows XP pro. Can my new Vista Home Premium computer
be
networked into this environment so that it can share files and also see
other
computers and their files and attached resources?



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Old May 16th 07, 11:38 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
koze
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Default Can I network Windows Vista Home Premium onto a Workgroup network?

PS: I forgot the link to the info:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx

Ko.

"koze" schreef in bericht
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If you don't use a real server in the office then "Yes" You can.
If there is a server the answer is no Home versions cannot access a
domain.
Ko.

"Pearl" schreef in bericht
...
I have a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium on it. We also have
a
wireless office network secured with Mac Filtering. All the other
computers
in the office are Windows XP pro. Can my new Vista Home Premium computer
be
networked into this environment so that it can share files and also see
other
computers and their files and attached resources?





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Old May 16th 07, 12:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Pearl
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Default Can I network Windows Vista Home Premium onto a Workgroup netw

thanks very much

"koze" wrote:

If you don't use a real server in the office then "Yes" You can.
If there is a server the answer is no Home versions cannot access a domain.
Ko.

"Pearl" schreef in bericht
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I have a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium on it. We also have
a
wireless office network secured with Mac Filtering. All the other
computers
in the office are Windows XP pro. Can my new Vista Home Premium computer
be
networked into this environment so that it can share files and also see
other
computers and their files and attached resources?




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Old May 16th 07, 01:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Chuck
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Default Can I network Windows Vista Home Premium onto a Workgroup network?

On Wed, 16 May 2007 13:35:16 +0200, "koze" wrote:

If you don't use a real server in the office then "Yes" You can.
If there is a server the answer is no Home versions cannot access a domain.
Ko.

"Pearl" schreef in bericht
...
I have a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium on it. We also have
a
wireless office network secured with Mac Filtering. All the other
computers
in the office are Windows XP pro. Can my new Vista Home Premium computer
be
networked into this environment so that it can share files and also see
other
computers and their files and attached resources?


It's not quite that cut and dried. You can access a server from VHP, just not
as a domain member. Every Windows computer can be a server, whether its running
Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003, or Vista. Every Windows computer can be a client to
a server too.

VHP can't join a domain, but it can access a server, as long as you have a local
account setup on the server for network access.
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#DomainClient
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...l#DomainClient

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