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R wrote:
> trial and error, which proved fatal with Samba, because as it turns out 
> Windows XP Home is intentionally crippled when it comes to networking 

Just to go off topic slightly, this really isn't a Samba issue, as you 
say XP home is crippled, and it can be just as much of a pain getting it 
to successfully network with other versions of windows in my experience.