Is it possible to network with XP Home?

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Can someone tell me if it's possbile to network with XP Home?
I was under the impression that this was the difference between Professional
and Home versions?

Machine sold with XP Home come with a LAN port - so I would assume you can
network?

I don't necessarily want to network... I want to setup a wireless network.
Is this the same thing?

Thanks.


OM
 
OM said:
Can someone tell me if it's possbile to network with XP Home?
I was under the impression that this was the difference between
Professional and Home versions?

Machine sold with XP Home come with a LAN port - so I would assume you can
network?

I don't necessarily want to network... I want to setup a wireless network.
Is this the same thing?

Thanks.


OM
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OM said:
Can someone tell me if it's possbile to network with XP Home?
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Yes, certainly you can.

I was under the impression that this was the difference between
Professional and Home versions?
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No, not at all. The difference with regard to networking is that
Professional can join a domain and Home can not. With respect to
an ordinary peer-to-peer network (almost certainly what you would
want), they are the same.

My home network here consists of one computer running XP
Professional and two running XP Home.

Machine sold with XP Home come with a LAN port - so I would
assume
you can network?

Correct.


I don't necessarily want to network... I want to setup a
wireless
network. Is this the same thing?
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Yes. As the name indicates, a "wireless network" is a kind of
network--it's one that communicates by radio waves rather than
cables. Other than how the components are connected, there's no
difference between a wireless network and a cabled one.
 
can someone tell me how i can turn my laptop keyboard into a number pad. what
is the code to do that
 
Consult the website for the manufacturer of your laptop. This is not an XP
issue.
 
It's normally a simple matter of using a specific <Fn>+<Fxx> key
stroke combination. The specific combination used by your laptop can
be determined by looking at the keyboard. If that fails, consult the
manual that accompanied it.

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Bruce Chambers

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