Problem Setting up XP Laptop On SBS 2000 Network

I am having problems setting up an XP Laptop on my SBS 2000 Network. I
utilize a network setup disc to set up new computers. When I try to set
this pc up I get a "domain not found" or "can't set this type of computer
up". I don't have the error down word for word. Bottom line the setup
bails out. The same disc worked on some 98 and 2000 machines. I was also
able to release and renew the ip and get a new address within the DHCP
address pool. I am using the "problem XP laptop" at home on my cable modem
to write this, so I feel that it does have any hardware problems. Any
advice or suggestions will be very appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike

Marina
Mon Jan 26 04:24:28 CST 2004

Just don't use the magic disk and do it manually. Make sure the ipconfig/all
shows that everything is pointing to the server-IP.
XP Pro, right?

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Regards,

Marina

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> I am having problems setting up an XP Laptop on my SBS 2000 Network. I
> utilize a network setup disc to set up new computers. When I try to set
> this pc up I get a "domain not found" or "can't set this type of computer
> up". I don't have the error down word for word. Bottom line the setup
> bails out. The same disc worked on some 98 and 2000 machines. I was also
> able to release and renew the ip and get a new address within the DHCP
> address pool. I am using the "problem XP laptop" at home on my cable
modem
> to write this, so I feel that it does have any hardware problems. Any
> advice or suggestions will be very appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>

Jim
Mon Jan 26 07:22:37 CST 2004

I don't have remote machines join the domain. I have them vpn in and
they can do what they need from that connection. I can see Exchange
and I can see the company files with a start-run \\servername. The
biggest thing you need to worry about with remote users is that they
have up to date antivirus running and they have run Windows Update
often. I had a user who bought a new computer that thought she was up
to date. As you know up to date for computers is as of that minute.
You can be dangerously out of date in a week of not doing updates and
a day or less for some viruses. XP home is a bit of a pain to use
remotely. XP Pro works well.

"Mike Burnett" <bigb428@comcast.net> wrote:

>I am having problems setting up an XP Laptop on my SBS 2000 Network. I
>utilize a network setup disc to set up new computers. When I try to set
>this pc up I get a "domain not found" or "can't set this type of computer
>up". I don't have the error down word for word. Bottom line the setup
>bails out. The same disc worked on some 98 and 2000 machines. I was also
>able to release and renew the ip and get a new address within the DHCP
>address pool. I am using the "problem XP laptop" at home on my cable modem
>to write this, so I feel that it does have any hardware problems. Any
>advice or suggestions will be very appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike
>

Jim B. SBS MVP
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