- Adding a 2005 Media Center PC to an XP Domain
- Posted by vbehler on May 27th, 2008
Howdy all
and thank you in advance,
i am trying to add a 2005 Microsoft Media Center PC to my already
established XP Network but i have noticed i cannot select a domain only
a workgroup,
any ideas?
Cheers
Vince Behler
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- Posted by Patrick Keenan on May 27th, 2008
"vbehler" <vbehler.3a1qpa@news.home.local> wrote in message
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Like XP Home, XP Media Center Edition does not support joining a domain.
Do you actually have a network with a server running as a domain controller?
HTH
-pk
- Posted by vbehler on May 27th, 2008
Patrick,
Yes we do have a dedicated domain controller, but wht is baffling me is
the fact that this computer was running on our network last week until
it crashed , it was then recovered and now will not join a domain.
cheers
Vince Behler
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- Posted by Patrick Keenan on May 27th, 2008
"vbehler" <vbehler.3a1uva@news.home.local> wrote in message
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Officially this isn't anywhere near supported, but there are apparently some
registry modifications that can allow MCE to join a domain. It's possible
that the system had these modifications, of course they do not apply to the
restored version, and everyone's forgotten about having performed them.
Have a look here. You need an XP Boot CD or a BartPE disk or equivalent for
this:
http://www.everythingtech.tv/2006/07...join-a-domain/
http://aryeltech.com/join-windows-xp...indows-domain/
HTH
-pk
- Posted by Bruce Chambers on May 28th, 2008
vbehler wrote:
Because WinXP MCE is specifically designed *not* to be able to join a
domain, you'd have to downgrade the OS to WinXP Pro.
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