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Windows Vista And Active Directory!

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tgray96

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I Am New to active directory....
I Am Running Windows Vista Home Premium

Is there a way i can connect it to my domain?
 
Only professional/business, enterprise and ultimate versions of vista/7 will connect to a domain. You can purchase an anytime upgrade for your home license and up it to business or just buy a win7 upgrade. Those are your only options.
 
Ok Thanks Guys..... Guess I Wont BE Going Down The Active Directory Path.....
 
Haha Not Trying To Be.... I Would Love to Go Windows 7 Professional On All Machines Believe Me!
But As I said Thats A Tad Bit Of Dough I Dont Have At The Moment!
 
Why Are You Capitalizing Every Word....
Do They Not Teach English In Middle School Any More.....
 
CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL

Seriously though, the old rule of thumb as to whether or not you should switch to a domain model is 10+ computers. 4 < 10 so just stay in stand-alone mode.
 
mattjw916 said:
CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL

Seriously though, the old rule of thumb as to whether or not you should switch to a domain model is 10+ computers. 4 < 10 so just stay in stand-alone mode.
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Yeah i have read that before...But wanting to distribut applications and what not it would be easier.... Along with file storage... Every thing backed up to servers hd and my main backup and my cloud..... Can anybody say backups out the ass?
 
tgray96 said:
Actually they do and i have a great language arts teacher i will point you their way if you wanna bitch?
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So that's the new name for English class, huh?

Can you please post that information? That particular style of capitalization makes it almost impossibly hard to take the post seriously.

For what it's worth, in your other thread, a link was posted discussing GINA. The pGina program will authenticate users against a LDAP server. There is no specific requirement for the client side (at least, there is not one posted). Of course, if pGina will in fact run on a Home-licensed system, you won't get any of AD's management features.

Just get a technet subscription.
 
ok i really only need authentication and being able to distribute applications

And How much is a technet subscription?
 
Wait, so how are you running Active Directory if you can't afford a pro OS let alone a server OS? :p

(I did the same thing when I was 14, I'm not condemning at all... just saying. It's how you learn, legal or .... not so legal.)
 
/usr/home said:
Wait, so how are you running Active Directory if you can't afford a pro OS let alone a server OS? :p

(I did the same thing when I was 14, I'm not condemning at all... just saying. It's how you learn, legal or .... not so legal.)
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I Bought A old dell 2500sc for like 75 dollars it came with server 2k3 enterprise and i transferred the license to my power-fuller Compaq machine... Totally legal!
 
Well if it was a key on the side of the case, no it's not transferable...
 
/usr/home said:
Well if it was a key on the side of the case, no it's not transferable...
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so if i bought a copy of 2k3 and installed it on box a and decided i wanted it on box b and formatted box a and installed something else.... i couldn't install 2k3 on box b?
 
If you bought a copy, most likely it's a retail copy. Retail copies you can move from computer to computer. OEM, once you install it on that computer, it's tied to it. You CAN move it to a different computer, it'll work and everything, you can't LEGALLY. I'm almost positive a server OS is just like any client OS. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
 
thats what i though... the 2500 originally came with a sbs 2k (dell oem) the guy i bought it from bought a retail copy of 2k3 and installed it... he also included documentation and whatnot
 
I'm surprised he sold a retail copy with it for only 75 bucks... haha. Good deal then. (Wasn't trying to shit on your parade btw, just informing.) I got my first copy of 2000 server via a torrent and 128 MB Flash Drive from school in grade 7. Had to split it into like 6 parts just to get it home haha. Took a few days and trips, but I got her home! Now with Technet, I can do everything legal.
 
Now I Won't Lie i did torrent server '08 about hmm 2 years ago.. didn't understand a damn bit of it then so the disk ended up getting broke (accidentally).... wish i could find a resonably priced copy of server '08 lol... hmmmm wonder if i can find that torrent again... lol...... And i am still waiting for a reply about technet
 
Licenses for internal testing for all of microsoft's current products.

It's $199/year though.
 
yes, and all versions of each

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legitimate full licenses - not trials, that are technically only for internal testing purposes
 
damn thats better than porn....... :0.......... I might have to sign up for that definitely worth it.... so lemme ask this say i download windows 7 enterprise.. install it on a lab pc for "testing" the license will last as long as i damn well please?
 
correct, technically it's no longer valid for use once your subscription expires, continuing to use it would violate the EULA, but it will not deactivate or anything like that.

And I was wrong, it's $199 for the first year, $149 annually to renew.
 
Definitely gonna buy that.... now their page said that some editions were not available for the standard subscription... is this true?
 
Not sure what's left out of standard, I have pro through work, hopefully someone else will chime in.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms772427.aspx#beforepurchasing

3.Which TechNet Subscription should I buy?
If you are only working with Desktop environments in your job, then you may want to consider Microsoft TechNet Subscription Standard. TechNet Subscription Standard will provide you access to the entire stack of Desktop software from Microsoft, which you can use for evaluation and testing purposes to help you stay current and recreate customer issues. TechNet Standard does not include some enterprise editions of Microsoft software.

In addition to the software, TechNet Standard comes with the downloadable Microsoft Technical Library and knowledge base with an offline viewer, a variety of online support tools, and six E-Learning courses per year. There are no Professional Support Calls included.

If you are working with Enterprise environments in your job, then you may want to consider Microsoft TechNet Subscription Professional. TechNet Subscription Professional will provide you with the entire stack of Microsoft infrastructure products, including Desktop and Enterprise versions, for evaluation and testing purposes. In addition to the software, TechNet Professional comes with the downloadable Microsoft Technical Library and knowledge base with an offline viewer, a variety of online support tools, and 12 E-Learning courses per year. Also, two Professional Support Calls3 are included per year, and a 20% discount on additional support calls4.
 
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