From: Chris Robinson 

Are you saying the extra info about training is in relation to this post or
the Compuserve one?

Chris.

John Beckett wrote:

> Someone asked a question quite like this on the Compuserve winnt forum
> recently. However, there were some crucial extra details. The person
> wanted to study for W2000 certification. The advice to use W2000 Pro
> rather than XP was simply so the person could concentrate on W2000 and
> learn the basic concepts without the complications of the disconcerting
> differences between XP and W2000. Plus other stuff like trying to
> administer a W2000 domain from an XP computer. Simple, and essential for a
> real admin, but an unnecessary complication for someone who is very new.
>
> John
>
> Chris Robinson  wrote in message
> news::
> > I was browsing a forum this morning as I often do and came across the
> > post below:
> >
> > http://snurl.com/1cqd
> > -------------------------------
> > "I am going to install and implement 2 Win2k Advanced Servers for file
> > sharing, print server, and App Server. I went to a Win 2k Server
> > training seminar and to make a long story short, was told that XP Pro
> > will not work well with the Win 2k servers and that I should upgrade all
> > my Win 95/98/ME's to Win 2k Pro and that I should downgrade all of my XP
> > Pro's to Win 2k Pro. Is there any truth to this??"
> > -------------------------------
> >
> > There aren't too many replies atm but the first reply to it was quite
> > discouraging.  I'm ignoring the performance issues as this can easily be
> > worked around with XP but the Win2k Server/ XP Client compatibility is a
> > bit worring as I'm soon going to buy a new laptop for a small firm I
> > look after - it was going to be XP Pro but the server is Win2k Server.
> > Is there any truth in these problems that anyone knows?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris.
> >

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