Vista home premium join a domain

I was just wanting to know. When I launch the network icon, I can see all of my network, just lose some of the functionality of it. Yes, you can't authenticate to the domain controller. But all of the machines should be visible when browsing.

You will not get login scripts, GPO's or anything like that, though. One thing that helps some in Windows 9x and home editions is to set the workgroup and DNS suffix to match your domain and use usernames and passwords for local accounts that mirror a persons domain info.

This can allow easier access to network resources. You will not be able to actually log in to the domain which will impair single sign of features and you cannot apply Group Policy to these machines. If you can avoid having home edition machines on your network it is best. In some settings such as colleges where students join the domain this may be impossible, but in a business setting you are likley to incur more cost in staff time to support the home systems than a business edition upgrade will cost.

I have some users with Vista Home Premium laptops. Is there a way to make this laptops communicate with a Domain? I'm thinking of email accounts for Exchange Server and accessing files on the network.

I don't want to have them input the credentials every time they need to access their email account. Of course, ideally the laptops will get the domain policies, and all that comes with joining the domain but I don't think that's possible with Vista Home Premium, right? Thank you! Brian Pierce. Rookie of the Year This award recognizes a member of Experts Exchange who has made outstanding contributions to the community within their first year as an expert.

Most Points The Distinguished Expert awards are presented to the top veteran and rookie experts to earn the most points in the top 50 topics. What's New? Results 1 to 4 of 4. Join Date Jun Posts When I purchased the desktop from Dell I was told this was possible. Is it possible? If not, there are some applications that call files stored on our servers and since the desktop falls under the workgroup category every morning when I login I have to type in the adminitrator username and password.

General [M]ayhem User generated reviews, tutorials, and content. Share Share with:. Link: Copy link. Most of my systems are on it, except my HTPC. The problem is, I can't get it to connect to either the Vista or XP boxes on the domain that have files I want sharable to it. Everytime I try, I get a "Cannot connect, User permissions error".

I have various folders shared with full access granted to everyone, and I can't even connect to them - file sharing is turned on on both systems, and I can hit my Win2k3 server it pops up a connect dialog.