Adding A Remote PC To Domain

[Guest]

I know how to add a PC to a domain. My question is this..

How do you go about adding a remote PC to a domain?

We have over 6000 PCs on our network and I want to know how (if possible) we
could add these PCs into a domain without having to visit each and every one
of them. Most of them currently reside in the Workgroup group across
different subnets and for better management I feel they would be better
placed in a domain.

I'm sure there is a way using AD and Group Policies but I cant remember so
does anyone have any ideas.

The OS is Windows XP Pro SP1 with a mix of 2000 and 2003 servers.

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

You can use a script:

netdom join computername /domain:domainname /userd:username
/passwordd:userpassword

netdom is available in the support tools for Win2k Server and Windows Server
2003.

You can't pump the script out with Group Policy because - well, the
computers aren't joined to the domain yet.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Guest]

I will give it a shot, thanks for your help

regards

Paul