Domain W/ MCE?

[Guest]

Anyone know if Media Center Edition will allow you to join a Domain? I have
the option, but it's grayed out. I figured it would since MCE is basically XP
PRO, with a MCE plug in.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

It can only be done during the initial installation. After that, joining a domain is disabled. MCE is a superset of XP Pro, but that is one of the few differences.

 

[Guest]

So I gotta reinstall Windows?!?!

No hack or anything to get around that?

 

[Yves Leclerc]

MCE 2005 will never let you going a domain. Microsoft removed the domain
modules from it. MCE 2004 does allow you and will let MCE 2005 join the
domain, only if you upgrade from MCE 2004.

 

[Tom Porterfield]

MCE 2005 will never let you going a domain. Microsoft removed the domain
modules from it. MCE 2004 does allow you and will let MCE 2005 join the
domain, only if you upgrade from MCE 2004.

Not quite right. As Doug points out, you can join an MCE 2005 machine to a
domain during installation of the OS. This is not an upgrade install over a
2004 machine already joined to a domain, but a clean install.

But after the install is complete if the machine is not joined to a domain,
the functionality is disabled.

As to whether or not the functionality can be enabled afterward through some
hack, don't know, ask google.

Worth noting is that extender devices rely on the fast user switching
functionality that is disabled in domain members. So if you have an
extender device you won't be able to use it if you get your MCE 2005 joined
to a domain.
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Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

This is incorrect. It can be done as part of a clean installation.