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5 Xp Home, 1 server, will 2003 Standard Retail with Service Pack 1 work?

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brucekatz

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It is quite easy to set up between Xp Home. But Xp Home only allow 5 computers, I have 6 computers. If I install 6th computer with "2003 Standard Retail with Service Pack 1", will all 6 computers see each other? Will it be as easy as Xp Home network set up?
 
Uh, XP Home will see 1000 computers in a workgroup...doesn't matter how many you have, XP Home/Pro only limit the amount of concurrent SMB/CIFS (IIS in Pro) connections.
 
XP Pro allows 10 concurrent connections to that pc. Seems to me you have 6 pcs - at home? work? you dont say - if its home I dont see why all the other five would be trying connect to one at the same time, so the sixth pc can be XP home too. At work (or gaming) thats possible - sharing an accounting database, contact manager data etc. - there the pc being accesed simultaneously by more than 5 will need to be running XP Pro or Server versions.

If you run a server OS on a pc dedicated to serving data, you will need to get Client Access licenses (CALs) for each pc that will be accessing it. Therefore you will need 2003 Server with 5 CALs. Retail version would normally include 5 CALs. Just check the package/documentation to make sure. Set up will be quite easy if you set it up for simple file sharing i.e. peer to peer. If its home, its way overkill unless you want get a hands on learning experience.
 
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