ive been watching this thread all night hoping someone could shed some light on this. i havn't had much experiance with "home" anything but occasional run accross it. ive never gotten it to join a domain though i havn't tried much.
Ted - that'll be because XP home (supposedly) can't join a domain (which since 9x can I find a little silly but..). Having said that and further to THEJRC post this is worth a go

Powertoad - I think the solution you've come up with is the best you'll be able to get with XP Home - it's what I would have said if I had come here a little earlier in the day

oh finally - jinxy... logging in as a guest isn't that bad - the guest account is even more limited than a limited user account - it wouldn't be any less secure than using a normal user account other than the fact its not password protected by default - although you can change that

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