3rd party program to join domain with winxp home laptop

Hi there,

I know, I know, WindowsXP Home is not designed for server/client
environmnents, and cannot as such join a domain.

There are workarounds though, and I tried the Xteq "X-Setup" utility,
which unfortunately didn't work for me on that one laptop and WLAN
connection.

http://www.x-setup.net/

I could easily replace the OS with XP pro since both pro and home
versions were bundled with the laptop, but if I can avoid a full format...

Has anyone had luck with this utility or another ? It offers me the
opportunity to join a domain at logon, but fails in the end when I say
yes so I am left with the local logon.

Any suggestion appreciated

Lorenzo

You do not need to reformat in order to upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286463/

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Lorenzo Sandini" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi there,
>
> I know, I know, WindowsXP Home is not designed for server/client
> environmnents, and cannot as such join a domain.
>
> There are workarounds though, and I tried the Xteq "X-Setup" utility,
> which unfortunately didn't work for me on that one laptop and WLAN
> connection.
>
> http://www.x-setup.net/
>
> I could easily replace the OS with XP pro since both pro and home
> versions were bundled with the laptop, but if I can avoid a full format...
>
> Has anyone had luck with this utility or another ? It offers me the
> opportunity to join a domain at logon, but fails in the end when I say
> yes so I am left with the local logon.
>
> Any suggestion appreciated
>
> Lorenzo

Eventually I have to, since the OS:es are provided on DVDs as ghost
images of pre-installed environments, with all drivers and applications,
not as OEM windowsXP disks...

Lorenzo



Doug Sherman [MVP] wrote:
> You do not need to reformat in order to upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286463/
>
> Doug Sherman
> MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>
> "Lorenzo Sandini" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I know, I know, WindowsXP Home is not designed for server/client
>> environmnents, and cannot as such join a domain.
>>
>> There are workarounds though, and I tried the Xteq "X-Setup" utility,
>> which unfortunately didn't work for me on that one laptop and WLAN
>> connection.
>>
>> http://www.x-setup.net/
>>
>> I could easily replace the OS with XP pro since both pro and home
>> versions were bundled with the laptop, but if I can avoid a full format...
>>
>> Has anyone had luck with this utility or another ? It offers me the
>> opportunity to join a domain at logon, but fails in the end when I say
>> yes so I am left with the local logon.
>>
>> Any suggestion appreciated
>>
>> Lorenzo
>
>

If your primary interest is to access shared domain resources, you should be
able to map drives:
net use x:: \\server\share /USER:(E-Mail Removed) password

Doug Sherman

MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Lorenzo Sandini" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Eventually I have to, since the OS:es are provided on DVDs as ghost
> images of pre-installed environments, with all drivers and applications,
> not as OEM windowsXP disks...
>
> Lorenzo
>
>
>
> Doug Sherman [MVP] wrote:
> > You do not need to reformat in order to upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286463/
> >
> > Doug Sherman
> > MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
> >
> > "Lorenzo Sandini" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> I know, I know, WindowsXP Home is not designed for server/client
> >> environmnents, and cannot as such join a domain.
> >>
> >> There are workarounds though, and I tried the Xteq "X-Setup" utility,
> >> which unfortunately didn't work for me on that one laptop and WLAN
> >> connection.
> >>
> >> http://www.x-setup.net/
> >>
> >> I could easily replace the OS with XP pro since both pro and home
> >> versions were bundled with the laptop, but if I can avoid a full
format...
> >>
> >> Has anyone had luck with this utility or another ? It offers me the
> >> opportunity to join a domain at logon, but fails in the end when I say
> >> yes so I am left with the local logon.
> >>
> >> Any suggestion appreciated
> >>
> >> Lorenzo
> >
> >