Driving the techies up the wall
February 5th, 2008 | Filed under Technology.My work laptop has been de-vistaified and now has XP on it. Unfortunately, because this is a cheap laptop made for dribbling goons, the only drivers we can download are for Vista. This isn’t so helpful when it needs to run XP Pro to talk to our Windows Domain and Exchange Server; things Vista Home won’t do, thankyou Microsoft.
SYMPTOMS
If a computer is running Windows Vista Home Premium, you cannot join the computer to a domain.CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Windows Vista Home Premium does not support a scenario where you join a computer to a domain. Windows Vista Home Premium is designed as the foundation for a home entertainment system.STATUS
This behavior is by design.
I’m now having an enjoyable afternoon printing out student work while trying to find said drivers. I have found many that don’t work, but nothing that my laptop actually wants to use. I will look on the CDs it came with when I get home. If that doesn’t work it’ll have to be upgraded to the version of Vista this place uses.
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