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Vista Premium to Join domain

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by cabanas$

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Hi,

I would like to ask for some help with Windows Vista Premium and the impossibility to join a Domain.

I am following the steps in the "guide to secure wireless networking" to enable RADIUS on server 2003 using AD.

My problem is that I would like to join one of my clients to the Domain but it seems pretty dificult because Vista Premium according to Microsoft is a dedicated multimedia centre for home users and does not have the services for joining a Domain.

Would be possible some help pls?

Regards

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by oldbaritone

Vista Home Premium cannot be joined to a Domain - none of the Home versions can.

You need to upgrade.

You can, however, create put the Vista in the same workgroup as the domain name, and many of the sharing functions work.

But for full domain functionality, you need a Business version of the software

by cabanas$

Many thanks for your reply.

As I mention before I am trying to join the Domain to enable secure wireless LAN with RADIUS and self-assigned digital certificates.

Microsoft posted on TechNet http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff536098.aspx with the title "Joining a Windows Vista Wireless client to a Domain" by Joe Davies.

This article seems to bring light to the problem but when followed I tend to stumble because Vista Premium does not reflect those steps at some point in the process.

If you would like to have a quick read and perhaps give me your views I would very much appreciate.

Regards

by cabanas$

Thanks to all for taking the time to answer my question.

Regards

Oz

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