Adding laptop to network

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bobsaget

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I have been appointed IT guy for our small real estate firm. With little networking experience I am having trouble adding the bosses laptop to our small network.

Few things:
I have access to the server. I can create accounts. I know how to map network drives. Add printers etc.

All computers in our office run XP. We have Windows 2003 server.

Bosses new laptop is Windows 8.

I've added/established wireless router and have connected it to laptop. I want to be able to connect to the servers wirelessly and possibly print wirelessly (we dont have a wireless copier).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
Innocence said:
Active Directory or Peer-to-Peer?
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Im guessing active directory.

We have a separate server computer I use to add more individuals to our network when I add more work stations. Central location where information is stored.
 
If you're trying to add it to AD then he needs win8 pro, regular win8 won't connect to an AD
 
-Dragon- said:
If you're trying to add it to AD then he needs win8 pro, regular win8 won't connect to an AD
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f***

just bought a new laptop with windows 8 (basic)

is there a way to upgrade to pro for a small additional fee rather than buy the whole new one?
 
bobsaget said:
f***

just bought a new laptop with windows 8 (basic)

is there a way to upgrade to pro for a small additional fee rather than buy the whole new one?
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Yes buy Windows 8 Pro "upgrade" instead of "retail"
 
There's no basic on TechNet so I can't double check but I'm fairly sure that if you go to system properties (where you activate or change machine name) there's a link there to upgrade your version of windows to pro or pro + MC for a nominal* fee.

*your version of nominal may not agree with MS's version of nominal
 
I would verify you even have Active Directory ... Check the TCP/IP configurations on one of current desktops and let us know what your DNS server is. Doing a IPCONFIG /ALL from a command line and pasting it here would help.
 
I just want to say...Welcome to the on the spot sysadmin training course. The absolute best experience tool there is imo. :)
 
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