Joining Domain; Peer Limit

Windows XP Pro will join a domain. XP Home will not. Which versions of Vista
will not join a domain?

XP Pro has a limit of 10 peer computers to which it can connect. What are the
limits for the various versions of Vista?

"mcp6453" <> wrote in message
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> Windows XP Pro will join a domain. XP Home will not. Which versions of
> Vista will not join a domain?
>
> XP Pro has a limit of 10 peer computers to which it can connect. What are
> the limits for the various versions of Vista?

Domain Joining is a function of the following editions of Windows Vista
Vista Business
Vista Enterprise
Vista Ultimate

The 10 connection limits remains the same in all editions of Windows Vista

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Mike Brannigan

Hi,

> Windows XP Pro will join a domain. XP Home will not. Which versions of
> Vista will not join a domain?

Vista Home Basic or Premium will not join a domain. Vista Business,
Ultimate, or Enterprise will.

> XP Pro has a limit of 10 peer computers to which it can connect. What are
> the limits for the various versions of Vista?

I don't know of any documentation on this, but I understand the limits to be
similar as to Home versus Office versions.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

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On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:31:20 -0500, mcp6453 <> wrote:

> Windows XP Pro will join a domain. XP Home will not. Which versions of Vista
> will not join a domain?


It's essentially the same as it was in XP. Vista Home (whether Home
Basic or Home Premium) can not join a domain.


> XP Pro has a limit of 10 peer computers to which it can connect. What are the
> limits for the various versions of Vista?


Again, it's the same in Vista as it was in XP--ten connections. But
note that in both XP and Vista, the limit is ten connections (of all
types), not ten computers.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:31:20 -0500, mcp6453 <> wrote:
>
>> Windows XP Pro will join a domain. XP Home will not. Which versions of Vista
>> will not join a domain?
>
>
> It's essentially the same as it was in XP. Vista Home (whether Home
> Basic or Home Premium) can not join a domain.
>
>
>> XP Pro has a limit of 10 peer computers to which it can connect. What are the
>> limits for the various versions of Vista?
>
>
> Again, it's the same in Vista as it was in XP--ten connections. But
> note that in both XP and Vista, the limit is ten connections (of all
> types), not ten computers.
>

Thanks all. Please give me of an example of ten connection with five computers.

mcp6453" <> wrote in message
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> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:31:20 -0500, mcp6453 <> wrote:
>>
>>> Windows XP Pro will join a domain. XP Home will not. Which versions of
>>> Vista will not join a domain?
>>
>>
>> It's essentially the same as it was in XP. Vista Home (whether Home
>> Basic or Home Premium) can not join a domain.
>>
>>
>>> XP Pro has a limit of 10 peer computers to which it can connect. What
>>> are the limits for the various versions of Vista?
>>
>>
>> Again, it's the same in Vista as it was in XP--ten connections. But
>> note that in both XP and Vista, the limit is ten connections (of all
>> types), not ten computers.
>>
>
> Thanks all. Please give me of an example of ten connection with five
> computers.

Example of 10 connections with 5 computers would be you have a Vista or XP
machine and you create 2 files shares on it.
You then have 5 machines create a drive map to each of the shares - thus 10
connection by 5 machines.

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Mike Brannigan
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