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XP home the problem?

  • 28-07-2005 1:08pm
    #1
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭


    I am having some horrendous problems trying to plot to a HP DesignJet on a small network. A couple of people now have suggested that XP Home isn't appropriate in a business environment and that it could be the problem. The machines are new Dells with a reasonable spec but they came with home as we bought them off the outlet store and that was their configuration.
    Thanks, iwb.


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    It's possible. I haven't been able to get much info quickly from microsoft.com, but there are certain limitations on XP home that are relaxed with XP Pro.

    For a network environment outside of the home, I'd always recommend XP Pro.


  • #3
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭iwb


    I just set my XP Pro laptop up with the same config and it doesn't work either. I know that probably doesn't eliminate home as the problem but at this stage, all fingers are pointing at Autocad DWG viewer as the culprit. The plotter works with everything else we throw at it.
    Thanks for the reply.


  • #4
    ntlbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    Home is fine for a small office as long as you're not trying to impliment Active Directory/Domains etc.

    There's not many restrictions I think the main show stoppers are you can't add home boxes to an AD domain it can only accept something like 5 concurrent connections.

    You shouldn't have an issue simply sharing a printer.


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