How to join a Domain or Workgroup

Note: Windows XP Home Edition is not designed to join domains; only workgroups. To join domains, use XP Professional, Windows Tablet Edition 2005, NT3.51, NT4.0, or Windows 2000.

You can get to the preceding screens by using the Computer Name tab in the System Properties dialog box from the Control Panel or by right-clicking My Computer, and then Properties.

On the Computer Name tab, click Change, and then enter the domain membership information.

If everything is in place then you should receive a username and password dialog box. Enter the username and password of a user that has enough rights to create computer accounts in the domain. If a computer account was already established in the domain then you can enter any username and password of any valid user.

If all went ok you'll get a welcome message.

Note: Usually, there is no need to manually change the computer's DNS Suffix when joining an Active Directory domain, because the suffix will automatically be set to mach the DNS name of the domain. So if you plan to join an AD domain, leave the DNS suffix empty.

A reboot will be necessary to complete this process.

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