[CS-FSLUG] Samba and XP - I found a HOWTO do with XP

[Frank Bax]

Although XP-home cannot "join" a domain, it can still access shares inside 
a domain.  I used NT40Logon.BAT (below) to access the domain and then run 
logon script on NT 4.0 domain controller.  The REM statements explain how 
to had to StartUp section of registry.  This method lacks the ability to 
"logon" as different userids; the system always logon as same user every 
bootup (as specified in registry key).  Script was written by my son Walter 
in 2003 or earlier.


@echo off
rem Start -> Run -> REGEDIT
rem Regkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
rem Edit -> New -> String Value
rem Name as prefered (eg. NT40Logon)
rem Right click -> Modify
rem Enter Value Data: "C:\WINDOWS\System32\NT40Logon.bat SERVERNAME USER 
PASSWORD"

net use * /del /y
:retry
net use \\%1\IPC$ /user:%2 %3
if errorlevel 1 goto retry
call \\%1\NETLOGON\%2.bat


At 04:50 AM 3/6/07, Alan Trick wrote:

>Makes me wonder if someday they'll come out with a Windows version of
>Samba :P
>
>Alan Trick
>
>On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 19:37 +0100, HildingE wrote:
> > Only Windows XP-Professional Edition can join the Domain, it
> > does not work for WindowsXP-Home Edition.