Topic: Problems logging in with XP Home (?)

[imcintyre]

I have an SME7.2 box and a couple of laptops. One runs XP pro and the other runs XP home.

I have put the same profile names and passwords on both laptops. With the xp pro machine I changed the properties of the My Documents folders of all users to point to \\myserver\user1\My Documents. Currently if you click on my documents or the shortcut on the desktop for the server it opens up directly. This works well for us.

I have been searching the manual and the forums for how to make this happen with the xp home machine, but I cannot find anything that does not appear to be old advice or is not clearly explained. So the problem is that the xp home machine requires that you enter the username and password to get to the server.

I did find something about a netlogon.bat file on the SME 7.2 box and applying it to the regedit command, but did not bookmark it  . I can't find it again.

I also found this  http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37258.0 that had this link http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/jbennett/sme7/loginscript/RPM/smeserver-loginscript-0.2-8.noarch.rpm.

I was a bit shy about just jumping in as I don't know anything about scripts and I don't want to wreck my "almost" perfect setup.

If someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

Ian

[cactus]

If you are running a domain you might have a problem as this is, to my knowledge, impossible with XP Home edition.

The registry patch should be located at http://server/server-resources/

edit: added trailing slash to url

[crazybob]

XP home does not allow you to log on to a domain, only connect to the workgroup, and can cause problems with shares.

I was having problems with xp-home until I found this little goodie http://smartlogin.homelinux.net/downloads/smartlogin-setup.exe

It does require a second login, but it does work slick. It allows you to login to the domain controller.

[RedBeard]

NOTE:  The path to server-resources requires the trailing / so the path should be http://server/server-resources/  ??? This was required on SME 6 not sure if it is needed for 7.2.  It just became a habit so I never tried it without the trailing / . . .

If you are running a domain you might have a problem as this is, to my knowledge, impossible with XP Home edition.

The registry patch should be located at http://server/server-resources

[cactus]

NOTE:  The path to server-resources requires the trailing / so the path should be http://server/server-resources/  ??? This was required on SME 6 not sure if it is needed for 7.2.  It just became a habit so I never tried it without the trailing / . . .

You are right about the trailing slash. I have edited my original post.

[imcintyre]

Thanks for the patient replies.

Crazybob; I was living with entering the username and password a second time on the xp home machine to get to my shares. I did not notice any problems but I just set up the domain and I don't have any disks or directories linked to the server and the xp machine, just some i-bays.

I think I can find a spare xp pro C.O.A. somewhere around here.

[Tib]

Question ...

Do you have the XP home user setup on the server as a user.

I have an XP home machine at home and I don't have to enter the name and password for shares etc.

Make sure the workgroup in XP home is the same as your domain name on your server.

You shouldn't have to muck around with different things to make it work.

Step 1 ... change your workgroup name on XP home to your domain name.

Step 2 ... create a user on the server the same as on the XP home machine.

Step 3 ... start using your shares 

The loginscript does not work on the XP home machine ... it only works on XP pro but only if you login to a domain. So on your XP Pro machine it will work fine.

Also on your XP home machine just map the drives manually if you only use your domain ... or create a bat file that maps the drives and unmaps the drives as required if you use different domains.




Regards,

Tib