Re: networking on xp home

From what I remember, the difference between Win XP Pro vs Home. is to be
able to connect to a domain with Pro. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I
believe the only way to connect to a domain is to have xp pro, unless there
is some "unofficial" way to do it. I don't believe there is a standard way
of doing what you are asking with home.

<ma.michael@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1143677988.255197.244370@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi everybody,
There is a laptop w/ xp home installed that i want to connect to my
work network. When i plug in the cable in the nic, it says obtaining ip
address with no packets being sent or recieved. I have a domain that i
am supposed to set as a setting but in xp home there is no place to set
it. But, i heard that xp home shouldnt affect it connecting to a domain
and using the internet. Finally, when it is done saying obtaining ip
address, it says limited to no connectivity with the ip address
starting with 169.xxx etc The tech guy says it needs xp pro but i dont
want to buy xp pro, and rather stick with home



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