Win 7 on an XP workgroup - any experience?
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Win 7 on an XP workgroup - any experience?
14-12-2009 12:39 PM
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I've just been asked the following:-
"We have a small workgroup of XP Pro computers. One of the desktop PCs acts as 'server' for certain applications - all the data is accessed from the hard disk on that PC. The other computers have drive mapping set to see a folder on that PC as a drive letter (M:).
We plan to change a laptop currently running XP Pro for one running Win 7 Business."
I know that all the applications in question are fine with Win 7 when running in a fully Win 7 environment, so this is really a Workgroup networking question. Can Win 7 play happily with XP Pro in a Workgroup situation? Anyone tried it yet?
Re: Win 7 on an XP workgroup - any experience?
14-12-2009 12:40 PM
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14-12-2009 1:28 PM
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So it should work fine.
Re: Win 7 on an XP workgroup - any experience?
14-12-2009 1:47 PM
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My impression was that Microsoft expected all XP Pro machines to be connected to Domains & that XP Home would be used on Workgroups. So they rather forgot about Workgroups on Pro & there were all sorts of permissions oddities.
Be glad of any further observations if anyone else has tried it - even if it's just 'it worked'. It would be useful to know the respective versions of XP & Win 7 involved in any particular setup as well.
Thanks for your help.
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14-12-2009 1:49 PM
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14-12-2009 2:01 PM
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Unfortunately, networking at that level is not my area of expertise.
Re: Win 7 on an XP workgroup - any experience?
14-12-2009 2:35 PM
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I've happily added W7 to my existing XP sharing workgroup network (non-domain) and (with a few printer driver issues) it all works like XP.
BUT I wouldn't want to set up a W7 system as the "core" of an XP style workgroup network.
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14-12-2009 2:47 PM
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Which versions of XP & Win 7 are in use - Home or Pro/Business?
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14-12-2009 3:15 PM
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http://www.tim.id.au/blog/2009/02/01/mapping-your-network-with-windows-7/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120
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14-12-2009 4:03 PM
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