Get inside a Windows Domain

[marco]

Hi, this is my first post here, please excuse me in advance for any
technical mistake.

My company have a domain (for example called DOMAIN). I have a
username/password to use inside that domain, but I can't (in Windows
2000, but I think that in XP or even Vista is the same problem) setup
the windows client to always identify to the domain.

For example, if I right-click on "My computer", Properties, and then
"Network ID", it asks me for a username/password that allows that
machine to join the domain (and I don't have one). However, if I on
the Run dialog box I do: \\DOMAIN\some-machine, it asks me for a
username/password and if I issue: DOMAIN\username and password, I can
use the resources of that machine. (always with the DOMAIN before the
username)

When Windows starts up, is it possible to join automatically that
DOMAIN (and that DOMAIN be available on the Windows login window),
instead of using the Run box everytime?

I hope you can help me and best regards,
Marco Ferra

 

[Malke]

Hi, this is my first post here, please excuse me in advance for any
technical mistake.

My company have a domain (for example called DOMAIN). I have a
username/password to use inside that domain, but I can't (in Windows
2000, but I think that in XP or even Vista is the same problem) setup
the windows client to always identify to the domain.

For example, if I right-click on "My computer", Properties, and then
"Network ID", it asks me for a username/password that allows that
machine to join the domain (and I don't have one). However, if I on
the Run dialog box I do: \\DOMAIN\some-machine, it asks me for a
username/password and if I issue: DOMAIN\username and password, I can
use the resources of that machine. (always with the DOMAIN before the
username)

When Windows starts up, is it possible to join automatically that
DOMAIN (and that DOMAIN be available on the Windows login window),
instead of using the Run box everytime?

It sounds like you have XP Home or XP Media Center, neither of which can
join a domain and neither of which will cache credentials. If this is
correct, then you either have to live with the situation or change to XP
Pro, which *can* join the domain. Note that while you can upgrade from
Home to Pro, you cannot upgrade from MCE to Pro because that is
technically a downgrade. To go from MCE to Pro requires a clean install.


Malke

 

[marco]

It sounds like you have XP Home or XP Media Center, neither of which can
join adomainand neither of which will cache credentials. If this is
correct, then you either have to live with the situation or change to XP
Pro, which *can* join thedomain. Note that while you can upgrade from
Home to Pro, you cannot upgrade from MCE to Pro because that is
technically a downgrade. To go from MCE to Pro requires a clean install.

Malke
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Thanks a lot for your reply, but I didn't explain it well. Here goes:

I have a group of machines that belong to a domain (for examploe,
called DOMAIN). On some machines, the disk was erased and a new
operating system was installed (sometimes Windows 2000 and on others
Windows XP Pro). The hostnames of the machines remained the same.

Is at all possible, without supplying the admin password of the domain
for the client machines to re-join? For example (the command is from
the top of my head), issuing: netdom /dOMAIN /u:username /
password gives "access denied". (I know the username/password of a
member of the domain, but not the admin password).

Sorry once more.

 

[Malke]

Thanks a lot for your reply, but I didn't explain it well. Here goes:

I have a group of machines that belong to a domain (for examploe,
called DOMAIN). On some machines, the disk was erased and a new
operating system was installed (sometimes Windows 2000 and on others
Windows XP Pro). The hostnames of the machines remained the same.

Is at all possible, without supplying the admin password of the domain
for the client machines to re-join? For example (the command is from
the top of my head), issuing: netdom /dOMAIN /u:username /
password gives "access denied". (I know the username/password of a
member of the domain, but not the admin password).

No, of course not. You need to join those machines to the domain in the
usual fashion. Why wouldn't you want to do this? If you have hundreds of
machines, you wouldn't be doing them one-by-one anyway.

What are you really trying to accomplish here?


Malke

 

[marco]

No, of course not. You need to join those machines to the domain in the
usual fashion. Why wouldn't you want to do this? If you have hundreds of
machines, you wouldn't be doing them one-by-one anyway.

What are you really trying to accomplish here?

Malke

I understand.. I can call the AD admin to re-join these machines, but
the support is a bit slow and if there was a way of doing that myself,
it would be faster.

Thanks for the response,
Marco

 

[Malke]

I understand.. I can call the AD admin to re-join these machines, but
the support is a bit slow and if there was a way of doing that myself,
it would be faster.

Thanks for the response,
Marco

OK, now I understand too. No, I'm sorry but you'll have to call the AD
admin.

Malke

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have a group of machines that belong to a domain (for examploe,
called DOMAIN). On some machines, the disk was erased and a new
operating system was installed (sometimes Windows 2000 and on others
Windows XP Pro). The hostnames of the machines remained the same.

Is at all possible, without supplying the admin password of the domain
for the client machines to re-join?

Not possible. You have to have the requisite domain privileges in
order to add a computer to the domain.




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