[Leaplist] centrally manage Windows XP Home?

[Kyle Gonzales]

On 9/11/07, Jason Boxman <jasonb at edseek.com> wrote:

> It's not possible to run a batch file or something at startup that maps some
> drives?

You can try it.  It depends if Microsoft allows those actions for the
XP Home version.

> I wouldn't think you necessarily need any special support from Windows for
> Thunderbird to support some 'Enterprise' type stuff.

No, but you will need a "Enterprise" version of Windows, and not XP
Home.  As the name implies, it is not for corporate use, and does not
include the full feature set as such.

> Interesting -- that might be worth it.  I'll have to see how much that'll cost.

> That's true, but there's a substantial number of poorly written applications
> that are industry specific that must run.  I fear attempting to run those
> under CrossOver or trying to explain why they don't "Just Work".  Moving to
> Linux desktops is an unlikely step presently.

You will never know if you do not try.  Crossover has an eval period.
It would not hurt to test it.


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