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From: Nachman Yaakov Ziskind <awacs@egps.com>
Subject: Re: VisionFS and Windows XP Home
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 02:36:12 GMT References: <as09i1$83f$2@newsreader1.mclink.it> <as0ble$do9$1@pcls4.std.com>

Tony Lawrence wrote (on Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 12:39:59PM -0500):
> Lorenzo Franceschini wrote:
> >In the same site as above, I have this other problem:
> >
> >They added a laptop with Windows XP Home edition, and I couldn't have it 
> >log
> >to the SCO server. I use VisionFS password (encrypted for Windows) and the
> >user is the same as before.
> >
> >I fear this is a FAQ but couldn't find out the solution in this forum, nor
> >in SCO's TA.
> 
> The FAQ is at http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ but that isn't in it. 
> http://asia.cnet.com/itmanager/tech/0,39006407,39039863,00.htm would 
> seem to imply it could work in some environments, but other places like 
> http://www.ksu.edu/cns/announce/20020507xphome.html say not. 
> Personally, I've been avoiding it.

I have a couple of w/s's with XP home, they use Vision w/o problems. There's
stuff on the Tarantella NG about problems; basically they relate to XP sending
the 'wrong' user name/password. 

But the real reason you should avoid XP home at the office is, believe it or
not, it doesn't play nicely with Windows networking(!) E.g., you can't log into
an NT domain with it. The obvious comments will be omitted for brevity.

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