I'm getting a Dell Inspiron 1705. A collegue was asking what happens if I go to a client and want to connect to their network. What's the downfall of not being able to join the domain?

>It will attach to a network with no problem, it's logging into the domain that *might* require some tweaking - do you want to join a domain with it?
>Also... what type of laptop are you getting? I've had 2 and still have 1 MCE laptop myself....
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>>Can you share some of the other ways. I'm getting a laptop later this week with MCE 2005. I was planning on doing a dual boot for when I need to attach to the network. But if you have a better idea......
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>>>>Is the XP Media Center Editing XP Pro on steroids or XP Home on steroids?
>>>>What I really need to know is, if I can install IIS on a PC running XP Media Center Edition or not?
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>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Einar
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>>>Good news for you then. XP Media Center is indeed XP Pro.
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>>>The only weird thing is if you want to join it to a domain. Micro$oft disabled the ability to join a domain with it because of the ability to use the "Media Center Extenders". More good news is that there is a couple of very simple work arounds for that problem. One way is to do a clean install and join the domain as you do the fresh install, and there are other simple ways to do it even if you don't do a clean install.