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  • August 13, 2003 at 10:06 am #2317193

    XP home no domain

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    by issakeitala · about 19 years, 10 months ago

    We have a domain. We just installed XP home version on one of our PCs. I can’t get it to join the domain. From the network tasks, when I choose setup a home or small office network, it ends up asking me for a workgorup name. Ther seems to be no option for joining a domain. What am I doing wrong?

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    • August 13, 2003 at 10:21 am #3542869

      Reply To: XP home no domain

      by taphilo · about 19 years, 10 months ago

      In reply to XP home no domain

      You are not doing anything wrong, XP Home version can never join any domain. You must use XP Professional.

      BTW, when you use XP Professional and join a NT / AD domain, Fast User switching is disabled by design.

      Tom

      http://www.taphilo.com

    • August 13, 2003 at 10:21 am #3542868

      Reply To: XP home no domain

      by cg it · about 19 years, 10 months ago

      In reply to XP home no domain

      your not doing anything wrong. What is wrong is that XP Home can not join a domain. Only XP Pro can. This is a built in limitation of XP Home.

      For a reasonably priced “OEM” of XP Pro, Visit Newegg.com. $143.00 plus tax and shipping. NOTE: this is OEM version not retail packaging.

    • September 2, 2003 at 8:30 pm #2745462

      Reply To: XP home no domain

      by joe41 · about 19 years, 9 months ago

      In reply to XP home no domain

      Hello,

      Unfortunately, everyone here is correct. XP Home was never intended to join domains. This OS is strictly a home version. You will need to upgrade to Pro to be able to join a domain.

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