I have the Windows XP home edition I have used to replace WinME which I had installed on my office PC (I am a real estate agent and we purchase our own PCs in this office).
Previously when starting up in 98 and ME a logon box with three lines would popup. It had the domain already listed at the bottom and the user ID at the top and would ask for the password field to be completed. Doing this logged me onto the network and I got a confirmatory dialog box after doing this that I was now logged on.
All was well at that point. I could use the corporate intranet and world wide web internet via a proxy connection.
In the current setup it asks for user ID and password when starting and after entering these I can see and access the network tree for the entire company but any access of the web or email keeps popping up a small confirmation box where I have to put the domain\userID and then the password. Over and over and over again every time I start a new IE task or try to get email. It’s like I’m logged in but only for the immediate task I’m doing so I have to keep entering this stuff over and over again.
In Win98 and ME there was an “identification” box under the client identification tab of the control panel networking applet where you could put “Log onto a Windows NT domain”. I have looked and looked and cannot find this option in XP. Is this the problem? How can I get the on the NT domain for good so I don’t have to keep re-entering this info? Is this problem on the server end or my end?
I did call corporate data services but they have no experience with XP and have no useful suggestions. Any help appreciated.
Get XP Professional. Microsoft removed many of the “advanced” features from the home version, including the mulitprocessor support, and full support for NT domains.
Ars Technica has a great overview of the differences between the two versions.
I just got off the line with MS tech support and per Keith T’s note I need to get the Pro version for $ 100.00 more.
“Yes Bill that’s it! Stick in deeper! Oh deeper than that! Harder! Faster! Lubrication? No way cowboy I want you to make me remember this reaming! Oh God Bill! It hurts so good!!”
I read the xp box it said that if you don’t agree with its EULA you know license, (which, kinda funny, but is inside the box) you can return it for a refund. Can you do that & get the Pro version
astro?
Despite the fact that the sales clerk who sold me the XP home version told me I could swap for the upgrade if needed, even if I opened the home version, Staples policy is (I have learned) absolutely no software returns if the box is opened and no exchanges except for the exact same product. After going through 4 clerks I finally asked for the manager who upon seeing me said “Oh it’s you! OK we’ll credit it $ 100. for the upgrade package but once you open the Pro version you own it.” (I’m a regular customer)
MS’s policy is that you can return the product for a refund and they even have a website and # for this
return policy. 888-673-8624 is the MS return # according to the MS tech I spoke with. An MS refund will take 4-8 weeks to process.
I’ve rarely had such difficulty trying to give someone another $ 100.00. This BS is going to hurt MS in the end. XP should have everthing needed for network attachments on a single CD like 98Se and ME did. After this wasted time and effort I am onsiderably less sympathetic to MS’s copy protection and marketing schemes for XP.