Using XP Home at work

I have an XP Home machine that I need to hook into an
office networking environment temporarily (4 months off
and on).

I do NOT want to install XP Pro on my machine for this
time.

How do I set up XP Home so that I can access the network
services at the office?

Thanks for any help!

assuming this is workgroup network. quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to setup home or peer-to-peer network

If all of the computers in a peer-to-peer workgroup don't have a common
networking protocol, a common workgroup, and common user names and
passwords, the computers may experience a difficulty to communicate with
other computers that are running Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 95, or
Microsoft Windows 98. To resolve this issue, configure the computers by
ensuring that they have a common networking protocol (TCP/IP), a common
workgroup, and common user names and passwords. Also make sure enable File
and Printer Sharing is installed.


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"Lisa" <xphome2off@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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>I have an XP Home machine that I need to hook into an
> office networking environment temporarily (4 months off
> and on).
>
> I do NOT want to install XP Pro on my machine for this
> time.
>
> How do I set up XP Home so that I can access the network
> services at the office?
>
> Thanks for any help!

If there's a domain in the office, you can log into your local workstation
and map drives/access resources by providing your domain credentials -

net use x: \\server\share /userOMAIN\username <enter>

and so forth (can also use Explorer, tools, map network drive, use alternate
credentials)

This presumes you've got a DHCP address or correct static address on the
company network and can ping the server/domain controller, etc...

Lisa wrote:
> I have an XP Home machine that I need to hook into an
> office networking environment temporarily (4 months off
> and on).
>
> I do NOT want to install XP Pro on my machine for this
> time.
>
> How do I set up XP Home so that I can access the network
> services at the office?
>
> Thanks for any help!

Just make the workgroup the same name as the domain.
Create a user account on the domain that matches the one on the XP Home
computer.
Then you should be able to map to any shared resources that the user has
permissions for. You shouldn't need to manually enter net use from a dos
prompt or batch file with the domain etc afterwards.

Bob Cerelli
http://www.onecomputerguy.com

"Lisa" <xphome2off@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:1c0c801c42185$ba215490$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I have an XP Home machine that I need to hook into an
> office networking environment temporarily (4 months off
> and on).
>
> I do NOT want to install XP Pro on my machine for this
> time.
>
> How do I set up XP Home so that I can access the network
> services at the office?
>
> Thanks for any help!

I also just copied this from another of my posts for this situation for
making network connections that might otherwise be done through a logon
script.

Something I've also been doing. if there are mapped drives that need to be
created, is to make a small batch file on the root of the C: drive with all
the necessary NET USE commands. Then put a shortcut to this file in the
startup folder. This helps prevent the user from disconnecting a network
drive from the Explorer and now knowing how to get it back again.

Bob Cerelli
http://www.onecomputerguy.com

"Lisa" <xphome2off@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:1c0c801c42185$ba215490$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I have an XP Home machine that I need to hook into an
> office networking environment temporarily (4 months off
> and on).
>
> I do NOT want to install XP Pro on my machine for this
> time.
>
> How do I set up XP Home so that I can access the network
> services at the office?
>
> Thanks for any help!

Thank you for your great replies Bob, Lanwench and
Robert. I'm looking into getting this working with your
tips today. Thanks again!

>-----Original Message-----
>I have an XP Home machine that I need to hook into an
>office networking environment temporarily (4 months off
>and on).
>
>I do NOT want to install XP Pro on my machine for this
>time.
>
>How do I set up XP Home so that I can access the network
>services at the office?
>
>Thanks for any help!
>.
>

You're most welcome - best of luck!

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xphome2off@ wrote:
> Thank you for your great replies Bob, Lanwench and
> Robert. I'm looking into getting this working with your
> tips today. Thanks again!
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I have an XP Home machine that I need to hook into an
>> office networking environment temporarily (4 months off
>> and on).
>>
>> I do NOT want to install XP Pro on my machine for this
>> time.
>>
>> How do I set up XP Home so that I can access the network
>> services at the office?
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>> .