Can XP Home Join a 2003 Domain?

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Mike M

I have a system that was sold to us with XP Home on it and I want to
join it to our domain and log the user to the domain. Can this be done
or do I need to update the system to Pro?

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Mike Moore
Computer Services Technician
Snow Summit Mt. Resort
Office (909) 866-5766 Ext.270
mikemoore@ www.snowsummit.com
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The "Home" version cannot join a domain. You would need to upgrade to
"Professional" to join a domain.
 
Mike said:
I have a system that was sold to us with XP Home on it and I want to
join it to our domain and log the user to the domain. Can this be done
or do I need to update the system to Pro?
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No. Home cannot join a domain. If you knew that's what you needed the system
to do, then you should have ordered it with Pro. Changing the OS now will
invalidate the warranty.
 
The system was end user to us not Retail to us. If I knew I was going to
implement this type of domain 2 years ago I would have done many things
differently.

BTW there was no need to get snippy.
But thanks for trying anyways.
Mike


| Mike M wrote:
| > I have a system that was sold to us with XP Home on it and I want to
| > join it to our domain and log the user to the domain. Can this be
done
| > or do I need to update the system to Pro?
|
|
| No. Home cannot join a domain. If you knew that's what you needed the
system
| to do, then you should have ordered it with Pro. Changing the OS now
will
| invalidate the warranty.
| --
| My great-grandfather was born and raised in Elgin - did he eventually
| lose his marbles?
|
|
|
 
I figured as much. Thanks for the confirmation.
Mike

| The "Home" version cannot join a domain. You would need to upgrade to
| "Professional" to join a domain.
|
|
|
| | >I have a system that was sold to us with XP Home on it and I want to
| > join it to our domain and log the user to the domain. Can this be
done
| > or do I need to update the system to Pro?
| >
| > --
| > Mike Moore
| > Computer Services Technician
| > Snow Summit Mt. Resort
| > Office (909) 866-5766 Ext.270
| > mikemoore@ www.snowsummit.com
| > Contact info not for share, rent or distribution.
| >
| >
|
|
 
I have a system that was sold to us with XP Home on it and I want to
join it to our domain and log the user to the domain. Can this be done
or do I need to update the system to Pro?

Mike:

I use Home in Win2k3 domains.

Home cannot have/use a computer acct in the domain, so it cannot be a domain
member.
The user on a Home ws cannot be authenticated by a DC during ws bootup, but
can be authenticated when the Home user attempts to use a domain server.

Home can use the follow items in a domain without problems:
DHCP, DDNS, WINS
NetBT browsing
non-NetBT networking
ISA clients

What Home cannot do/use in a domain:
Login scripts
Query AD
GPO
 
| >> I have a system that was sold to us with XP Home on it and I want
to
| join it to our domain and log the user to the domain. Can this be done
| or do I need to update the system to Pro?
|
| Mike:
|
| I use Home in Win2k3 domains.
|
| Home cannot have/use a computer acct in the domain, so it cannot be a
domain
| member.
| The user on a Home ws cannot be authenticated by a DC during ws
bootup, but
| can be authenticated when the Home user attempts to use a domain
server.
|
| Home can use the follow items in a domain without problems:
| DHCP, DDNS, WINS
| NetBT browsing
| non-NetBT networking
| ISA clients
|
| What Home cannot do/use in a domain:
| Login scripts
| Query AD
| GPO
|
|
|
|

CZ, thanks.
Needs GPO. Thanks for the answer though, It is currently updating to XP
Pro. Had a spare copy still in the box.
Mike
 
Greetings --

WinXP Home is not designed to, nor can it truly be made to, join a
WinNT, Win2K or Win2K3 domain.

Windows XP Comparison Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Which Edition Is Right for You
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

However, domain resources, such as shared folders on the servers,
or printers, can be manually accessed by properly authenticated users
on WinXP Home machines.


Bruce Chambers
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CZ said:
join it to our domain and log the user to the domain. Can this be done
or do I need to update the system to Pro?

Mike:

I use Home in Win2k3 domains.

Home cannot have/use a computer acct in the domain, so it cannot be a
domain member.
The user on a Home ws cannot be authenticated by a DC during ws bootup,
but can be authenticated when the Home user attempts to use a domain
server.

Home can use the follow items in a domain without problems:
DHCP, DDNS, WINS
NetBT browsing
non-NetBT networking
ISA clients

What Home cannot do/use in a domain:
Login scripts
Query AD
GPO
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This is true that it can be used, as can Windows 9x. However the opening
poster asked if it could join the domain, and this he can not do.
 
Johnny:

"Home cannot have/use a computer acct in the domain, so it cannot be a
domain member." is basically the same as saying Home cannot join the domain.
 
Exactly, so the rest of your message meant nothing to the question.

Johnny:

Possibly.

IMO, many posters/users think Home not being able to join a domain means
Home cannot function in a domain, which is incorrect, as Home functions very
well in a domain subject to several limitations.
My post provided a brief overview of using Home in a domain, which may have
given the OP AND readers of the thread useful info about using Home in a
domain.

Also, if a user understands what joining a domain means, then the second
sentence in my post answers OP's question.

My post:
I use Home in Win2k3 domains.

Home cannot have/use a computer acct in the domain, so it cannot be a domain
member.
The user on a Home ws cannot be authenticated by a DC during ws bootup, but
can be authenticated when the Home user attempts to use a domain server.

Home can use the follow items in a domain without problems:
DHCP, DDNS, WINS
NetBT browsing
non-NetBT networking
ISA clients

What Home cannot do/use in a domain:
Login scripts
Query AD
GPO
 
Johnny:

Possibly.

IMO, many posters/users think Home not being able to join a domain means
Home cannot function in a domain, which is incorrect, as Home functions very
well in a domain subject to several limitations.
My post provided a brief overview of using Home in a domain, which may have
given the OP AND readers of the thread useful info about using Home in a
domain.

Also, if a user understands what joining a domain means, then the second
sentence in my post answers OP's question.

My post:
I use Home in Win2k3 domains.

Home cannot have/use a computer acct in the domain, so it cannot be a domain
member.
The user on a Home ws cannot be authenticated by a DC during ws bootup, but
can be authenticated when the Home user attempts to use a domain server.

Home can use the follow items in a domain without problems:
DHCP, DDNS, WINS
NetBT browsing
non-NetBT networking
ISA clients

What Home cannot do/use in a domain:
Login scripts
Query AD
GPO
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This is a third party program that will allow that

Greg R
http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/
 
Greetings --

If you're going to continue making that claim, why won't you
provide the name of this
mysterious 3rd-party application that enables a WinXP Home machine to
become a full-fledged domain member, subject to the same centralized
control and group policies as WinXP Pro? Can't name it? Gee, what a
surprise.


Bruce Chambers
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x-setup pro (If free for the moment)

http://vowe.net/archives/001639.html

and an old version of xp power toys,



Greg R
onWed, 25 Aug 2004 21:07:33 -0600, "Bruce Chambers" <[email protected]> wrote:
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Greetings --

If you're going to continue making that claim, why won't you
provide the name of this
mysterious 3rd-party application that enables a WinXP Home machine to
become a full-fledged domain member, subject to the same centralized
control and group policies as WinXP Pro? Can't name it? Gee, what a
surprise.


Bruce Chambers
Click to expand...

http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/
 
Greetings --

That software doesn't bestow full-fledged domain membership, it
just simplifies and automates the type of access that was already
available to WinXP Home. There's a _huge_ difference - to those
familiar with domain administration - between what this utility does
and domain membership.

Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH
 
Greetings --

That software doesn't bestow full-fledged domain membership, it
just simplifies and automates the type of access that was already
available to WinXP Home. There's a _huge_ difference - to those
familiar with domain administration - between what this utility does
and domain membership.

Bruce Chambers
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You talking about peer-to-peer. You said show me software that can
enable xp home to join a domain. I showed you two. Plus you didn't
read the article correct.

The second one is Microsoft xp Power Toy (It was removed-read this on
another site.)



Here a copy article.
Normally, Windows XP Home Edition cannot join network domains, simply
peer-to-peer workgroups. However, there is a fix which can solve the
problem and allow WinXP Home Edition to join a domain.

This can also be accomplished with the free* and widely available Xteq
X-Setup 6.1 by navigating to the "Network \ Auto Login \ Windows
NT/2K/XP \ Settings" option within X-Setup. Simply enter the
appropriate information and click "Apply Changes" - upon your next
reboot, you can then join domains with WinXP Home Edition


*It will become shareware.


See the whole thing here
http://vowe.net/archives/001639.html


I will admit one thing. While it can't be a domain client and XP
home doesn't support advanced' domain features.

I'm sure there is a third party program out thier that would do the
above. However, I know you can use some program from xp
professional and tweak xp-home to make xp-home support some group
policies.


Greg R
http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/
 
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