I work in an office where all computer are running xp pro and are connected
to a domain. I have a laptop with xp home edition. I cant seem to figure out
how to sellect the domain on my machine. There is no place to type the name
of the domain. Please help.

A mchine running XP Home Edition cannot be joined to a domain.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Acid711" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I work in an office where all computer are running xp pro and are
connected
> to a domain. I have a laptop with xp home edition. I cant seem to figure
out
> how to sellect the domain on my machine. There is no place to type the
name
> of the domain. Please help.


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Hi Acid711,

I'm afraid as you cant join XP Home to a Domain. Windows XP Hom was designed
for workgroup based environments. However, there're some third parties that
provide tools to enable you logon to Windows 2000 based domains using XP Hom,
not to join Domain.

Hope that helps Acid711.

"Acid711" wrote:

> I work in an office where all computer are running xp pro and are connected
> to a domain. I have a laptop with xp home edition. I cant seem to figure out
> how to sellect the domain on my machine. There is no place to type the name
> of the domain. Please help.

In article <7924D850-7DD3-45F1-8697-(E-Mail Removed)>,
"Acid711" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I work in an office where all computer are running xp pro and are connected
>to a domain. I have a laptop with xp home edition. I cant seem to figure out
>how to sellect the domain on my machine. There is no place to type the name
>of the domain. Please help.

XP Home Edition can't join a domain or log into a domain. It can
connect to a domain and access domain resources. For details, please
see these sites:

Why Windows XP Professional is Best for Domain-Based Networks
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...oindommore.asp

Windows XP Home : Accessing data on a Domain Server
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxphdoms.htm

Windows XP in a Domain Environment
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...xpindomain.asp
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