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Deciding on a Workgroup or Domain Installation

Before installing Windows XP Professional, you must decide if you will install

the operating system in a workgroup or domain configuration. Workgroup Characteristics

A workgroup is a smali group of computers on a network that enables users to

work together and does not support centralized administration. A workgroup has the folłowing characteristics:

^Resources can be located on each Computer in the workgroup. ^Administration and authentication of users are performed on each Computer in the workgroup.

^Each Computer has its own local Security Accounts Manager (SAM)

database. A user must have a user account on each Computer to which that

user needs to gain access to resources.

Sk workgroup becomes morę difficult to manage as it becomes larger.

^Windows XP Professional can support only ten simultaneous

incoming

connections.

If you are installing Windows XP Professional on a stand-alone Computer, you will install it into a workgroup configuration.