"Irfan" wrote:

> hi, Nigel
>
> The laptop that I want to have, has Windows Media Center. I was reading on
> net that the main differance between
> Win XP Pro and WMC is that WMC  has 'joining a domain capability disabled'.
> ..---------------
> Here is an excerpt:
> Media Center is essentially just an application that's
> installed on top of the XP Pro operating system.
>
> Other than two specific networking features that are
> disabled (domain joining after installation, and
> cached credentials), MCE 2005 _IS_ XP Pro.
>
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>
> Questions to IT:
>
> 1. What does 'joining a domain capability disabled' mean, does it mean that
> i cant be on the office network.
>
> 2.  Ideally i need XP pro installed where do they get their machines from.
>
>
>
> regards,
>
> irfan
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"Irfan" <ir***@asc-ltd.co.uk> wrote in message
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> hi, Nigel
>
> The laptop that I want to have, has Windows Media Center. I was reading on
> net that the main differance between
> Win XP Pro and WMC is that WMC  has 'joining a domain capability
> disabled'.
> .---------------
> Here is an excerpt:
> Media Center is essentially just an application that's
> installed on top of the XP Pro operating system.
>
> Other than two specific networking features that are
> disabled (domain joining after installation, and
> cached credentials), MCE 2005 _IS_ XP Pro.
>
> ---------------
>
> Questions to IT:
>
> 1. What does 'joining a domain capability disabled' mean, does it mean
> that i cant be on the office network.
>
> 2.  Ideally i need XP pro installed where do they get their machines from.
>
>
>
> regards,
>
> irfan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>