how to go from WORKGROUP to DOMAIN?

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Reginald

I have an XP desktop which I want to get in a W2K network. I tried to go to
Start, Control Panel, System, and clicked the Computer Name tab.

There Network ID is grey. When I cick Change, I cannot select domain. Is
there any way to restore that?
 
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Reginald said:
I have an XP desktop which I want to get in a W2K network. I tried to
go to Start, Control Panel, System, and clicked the Computer Name tab.

There Network ID is grey. When I cick Change, I cannot select domain.
Is there any way to restore that?
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Is this XP Home? If so, it can't join a domain. If it's Pro, make sure
you're logged in as an account that has local administratrative rights. The
people who run your domain ought to be able to help you with this.
 
Reginald said:
I have an XP desktop which I want to get in a W2K network. I tried to
go to Start, Control Panel, System, and clicked the Computer Name tab.

There Network ID is grey. When I cick Change, I cannot select domain.
Is there any way to restore that?
Click to expand...

Are you logged in as Administrator? Is your computer connected to the
domain network?

Malke
 
Hi Malke,
Are you logged in as Administrator?
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Yes, I am.
Is your computer connected to the domain network?
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When I map a network drive and try to access that drive, it asks me for my
LAN user/pw. When I enter that I'm on the LAN. I tried both ways but still
the domain textfield is grey. I cannot check the radio button in front of
it.

R.
 
There must be a domain available (Server-domain controller- with or without
member servers) - you must be an administrator (domain) or have been given
permission to join a computer with, solo or from a workgroup, to the domain.
Option to join a domain is grayed out - no domain present.
 
Then there must be a problem with the domain. Here's a link to the
requirments to join a domain.

http://www.petri.co.il/requirements_when_joining_a_domain.htm

The most common problems are misconfigured dns, no domain controller
accessable, firewall settings, wrong password for domain adminstrator
account and not logged on as a local administrator.. I'm not sure if you
also need access to a global catalog. I don't think any of these would cause
the option to join a domain to be greyed out. I don't know what would cause
that other than using XP Home or XP MCE or not being logged on as an
administrator.
 
Kerry, looks like I was wrong: it is not XP Home, so I presumed XP Pro but
it is indeed XP MCE. I didn't even know this existed, sorry. I created a new
post to ask if I can upgrade from MCP to Pro in NG windowsxp.basics and
windowsxp.help_and_support.
Tks!
R.
 
You may be able to join a domain if you do a full reinstall of XP MCE. I've
never tried it but there are reports that if you join the domain during the
install it will work. It will disable fast user switching which means you
can't use media extenders.
 
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