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Hi
My boss is furious! He just bought a new (Sony Vaio) laptop (from
Staples in Banbury, UK) and apparently the salesman firmly told him
that he only needed the Windows XP Home Edition that the PC came with
in order to hook up to the office LAN.
It turns out that you have to have Window XP *PRO* in order to join a
local DOMAIN (which is how all the other PCs on the local area network
are set up).
He needs the PC running TODAY!
What are his options? Does he need to buy an upgrade CD-ROM -(which
will cost GBP 170.00 and take 24 hours to get delivered) or can he just
download some upgrade patch that he can buy online?
Should our Sony Vaio have come with XP Pro as standard? Or have we just
be ripped off / miss-sold by the local salesman saying it didnt need XP
PRO!?
With thanks
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
Hi
My boss is furious! He just bought a new (Sony Vaio) laptop (from
Staples in Banbury, UK) and apparently the salesman firmly told him
that he only needed the Windows XP Home Edition that the PC came with
in order to hook up to the office LAN.
It turns out that you have to have Window XP *PRO* in order to join a
local DOMAIN (which is how all the other PCs on the local area network
are set up).
He needs the PC running TODAY!
What are his options? Does he need to buy an upgrade CD-ROM -(which
will cost GBP 170.00 and take 24 hours to get delivered) or can he just
download some upgrade patch that he can buy online?
Should our Sony Vaio have come with XP Pro as standard? Or have we just
be ripped off / miss-sold by the local salesman saying it didnt need XP
PRO!?
With thanks
Ship
Shiperton Henethe