On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 11:44:59 -0700 (PDT), Roveer <>
wrote:
>I hate to even be asking this. Our environment is small. A single
>SBS 2003 server running exchange 2003 which gives shared storage and
>email to our 4 users running windows xp. It hasen't been upgraded
>because it just hums along and the economics don't permit it.
>
>We are facing the need to upgrade one or more workstations to newer
>equipment and I'm concerned that I will not be able to install windows
>XP on these machines.
>
>I notice that from a Windows 7 machine I can map a drive to my SBS
>server. If I can do that, and I can get Outlook 2003 to work why
>exactly would I need to attach the machine to the domain and log in?
>We really don't use many of the services of SBS 2003, just file
>sharing (mapped drive) and outlook/exchange.
As others have said, you shoud be fine. We run a truly mixed bag - XP,
Vista, Win 7, Outlook 2003, 2007, 2010, and all connect happily to our
SBS2003 box.
Jim
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