JohnDG wrote:

> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> JohnDG wrote:
>>
>>> want to add a scanner station to a small business setup with 7 PC's
>>> on a network - no server - peer to peer with an XP Pro machine as
>>> database server. went to DELL for low cost PC special - DELL says
>>> must use XP PRO for scan station because XP HOME cannot be in a
>>> netwrok with more than 5 machines. Is this correct?
>>
>>
>> No, not exactly. The limit is not on the number of computers in a
>> network,
>> it's one number of simultaneous connections you have. Ten is the
>> limit for
>> XP Professional and five for XP Home. Depending on how your netwrok
>> is used,
>> it's possible that XP Home might work.
>>
>> Perhaps more important, however, is another issue. Are you that
>> aware that
>> most scanners have no network support at all? There are may be some
>> very
>> high-priced scanners that have network support, but I don't know of
>> any. In
>> general,. since you have to be at the scanner to insert documents
>> into it, a
>> networked scanner isn't usually useful anyway.
>>
>>
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>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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>>
>>
> thank you - clarification: the scanner would USB connect to the new
> PC (XP PRO or HOME). the new PC and the other PCs already there
> would network connect to the main XP PRO PC running the database.
> based on that - can I use XP HOME in the new PC?


Yes. But you won't be able to have more than five simultaneous connections
to that XP Home PC.

And note my last point: regardless of how many connections you have to that
XP Home computer, you won't be able to access the scanner remotely at
all--only from the XP Home computer.


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