AD domain. Might save you some bucks in the long run.
On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 14:03 -0500, TJ Rainsford wrote:
> Sherry:
> Windows XP Home does not support membership in an Active Directory domain.
> So if you are looking to manage the machines from AD, you would need to
> upgrade the laptop to at least Windows XP Professional. However, if you are
> using the machines just for access to networked resources, this should still
> be possible but you would have to do it manually in many cases (no network
> based login scripts or pass through authentication).
>
> TJ
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Sherry Ward <sward@acdsnet.org> wrote:
>
> > STill looking at netbook possibilities, and seems many netbooks come
> > with Win XP Home. I've had trouble networking the Home edition before.
> > Am I missing something or have others had the same problem. Solutions?
> >
> > thanks,
> > sherry
> >
> >
> > Sherry Ward
> > Director of Technology
> > Alexandria Country Day School
> > 2400 Russell Road
> > Alexandria, VA 22301
> > 703-837-1317 (direct) sward@acdsnet.org
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: A forum for independent school educators
> > [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith E Gatling
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:17 AM
> > To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject: Re: OpenOffice: Beyond the Cost Savings
> >
> > Something just occurred to me regarding any supposed cost-savings. I
> > know
> > that at least for our school, we still have licenses for many copies of
> > older versions of Office (both Mac and Windows) that still work, but
> > just
> > aren't the latest and greatest. So the only cost-savings would result
> > from
> > not upgrading those versions.
> >
> > But now the question arises of what we do about those old versions. Do
> > we
> > start publicizing now that starting in the 2009-10 school year we'll
> > only be
> > supporting OpenOffice on the student computers and make the already paid
> > for
> > Microsoft product go away? Do we announce that we'll only be *teaching*
> > OpenOffice, but the older versions of Office will still be available on
> > the
> > computers for as long as they'll still run? Is there some third way that
> > I
> > haven't thought of?
> >
> > And, by the way, it's my understanding here that we're only talking
> > about
> > savings from using OpenOffice on *student* computers, and that faculty
> > and
> > staff members who need and use all the extra bells and whistles
> > available in
> > the Microsoft product would still have it available on their computers.
> > --
> > keg
> >
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