Roaming profile in Win XP

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I have 3 computers running Win XP Pro (me and my 2 daughters).

Is it possible to set up roaming profiles without having to buy a fourth one
to set it as a server ?

My goal is that any of us could have the possibility of working on documents
from any computer and could also retrieve his Outlook messages from the ISP
from any computer.

 

[Malke]

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Anfil wrote:

> I have 3 computers running Win XP Pro (me and my 2 daughters).
>
> Is it possible to set up roaming profiles without having to buy a
> fourth one to set it as a server ?
>
> My goal is that any of us could have the possibility of working on
> documents from any computer and could also retrieve his Outlook
> messages from the ISP from any computer.

No. Roaming profiles are only supported by a server operating system.
You could solve the issue by having one computer designated as a "file
server" and put your data files on it. However, you won't be able to
work on the same Word document simultaneously.

As for your Outlook wishes, a workaround (in order to avoid setting up
an Exchange server) would be to:

1. Have Outlook installed on each client computer.
2. Have all Outlook accounts in each Outlook installation on each
computer.
3. Set Outlook to leave messages on the server. This means a copy of the
messages will be left on your ISP's mail server and you'll need to
manually delete them from the server periodically.

Malke
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