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Thread: Foundation Server set up as a workgroup - Can WinXP Home computers access the shared files?
Started 1 month, 1 week ago by The Irish Patient
Hello, I work in a small office of 12 employees.  We need to replace our current filesharing computer, which runs Win 2000 Server. It's a very simple workgroup set up.  Many of our computers have Windows XP Home as the OS. Dell's small business representatives have told me that it is not possible to duplicate a similar set up using Windows 2008 Server R2, Foundation Edition.  All of the ...
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The Irish Patient replied 1 month ago
It's eight days since my original post, 72 views, and no answers. Really?  Not one of the viewers has ever set up a workgroup on a Server 2008 platform?  Not one viewer with a workgroup on a Server 2008 platform has ever noticed if a WinXP home computer can share the files? Common, MVPs, please share what you know.
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It's eight days since my original post, 72 views, and no answers. Really?  Not one of the viewers has ever set up a workgroup on a Server 2008 platform?  Not one viewer with a workgroup on a Server 2008 platform has ever noticed if a WinXP home computer can share the files? Common, MVPs, please share what you know.

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