XP Pro Can't see Computer Tab to change domain

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bobefax

Hi,

I am looking at a toshiba A40 with XP Pro SP2 all up to date, I need to
change the domain it is currently using to a new domain.

The Laptop logs onto and works perfectly with its current domain abc1
but I need to change this a new domain abc. (abc1 and abc are used as
an example)

When I right click on My Computer->Properties the Computer Name tab is
missing....

I have looked everywhere on the internet and have tried a few things
and need some help.....

Is there a tool to restore this item..\ looked in regedit and there
does not seem to be anything blocking it (I am ware you can turn off
access)

I am logging onto the machine with full adnin rights, either on
exisitng domain or via local admin rights...

I have changed 5 other similair A40's to the new domain no problems..

Going a bit mad over this one.... any help would be good..

B
 
I have not resolved why the Computer Name tab is missing from your one
laptop. I'll keep looking.

However, to change domains, you can use the command line method using
netdom.

Hope that helps out for the time being.




C:\>netdom
The syntax of this command is:
NETDOM [ ADD | HELP | JOIN | MOVE | QUERY | REMOVE | RENAME | RESET | TRUST
|
VERIFY | RESETPWD ]

The command completed successfully.

C:\>netdom /?
The syntax of this command is:
NETDOM HELP command
-or-
NETDOM command /help

Commands available are:

NETDOM ADD NETDOM QUERY NETDOM TRUST
NETDOM HELP NETDOM REMOVE NETDOM VERIFY
NETDOM JOIN NETDOM RENAME NETDOM TIME
NETDOM MOVE NETDOM RESET NETDOM RESETPWD

NETDOM HELP SYNTAX explains how to read NET HELP syntax lines.
NETDOM HELP command | MORE displays Help one screen at a time.

Note that verbose output can be specified by including /VERBOSE with
any of the above netdom commands.

The command completed successfully.

C:\>netdom help move
The syntax of this command is:

The syntax of this command is:

NETDOM MOVE machine /Domain:domain [/OU:ou path] [/UserD:user]
[/PasswordD:[password | *]]
[UserO:user] [/PasswordO:[password | *]]
[/REBoot[:Time in seconds]]

NETDOM MOVE Moves a workstation or member server to a new domain

machine is the name of the workstation or member server to be moved

/Domain Specifies the domain to which the machine should be moved

/UserD User account used to make the connection with the domain
specified by the /Domain argument

/PasswordD Password of the user account specified by /UserD. A * means
to prompt for the password

/UserO User account used to make the connection with the machine to
be moved

/PasswordO Password of the user account specified by /UserO. A * means
to prompt for the password

/OU Organizational unit under which to create the machine
account.
This must be a fully qualified RFC 1779 DN for the OU.
If not specified, the account will be created under the
default
organization unit for machine objects for that domain.

/REBoot Specifies that the machine should be shutdown and
automatically
rebooted after the Move has completed. The number of
seconds
before automatic shutdown can also be provided. Default is
20 seconds

When moving a downlevel (Windows NT version 4 or before) machine to a new
domain, the operation is not transacted. Thus, a failure during the
operation
could leave the machine in an undetermined state with respect to the domain
it
is joined to.

When moving a machine to a new domain, the old computer account in the
previous domain is not deleted. If the prior domain is an NT5 domain, the
old computer account will be disabled.

The act of moving a machine to a new domain will create an account for the
machine on the domain if it does not already exist.

NETDOM HELP command | MORE displays Help one screen at a time.
The command completed successfully.

C:\>



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