- Windows XP cant join domain (box greyed out)
- Posted by Oliver Whiteman on December 20th, 2005
I am struggling to connect one laptop to our domain. Have connected over 20
desktops and laptops, but this one refuses.
The option to change either workgroup name or domain is greyed out - all
details there, just nothing can be changed.
Have complete administrator rights
Windows XP Professional
All updates - including network drivers
Clean of viruses and spyware
Flummuxed IT department and support contractors!
Any suggestions other than a clean install greatly appreciated
- Posted by Ian on December 20th, 2005
Active directoty probelms are often related to inability to locate or
identify the master server.
Check your TCP/IP settigns carefully, particulalry those relating to DNS.
If there is more than one network adapter, make sure that the one linking
the domain-controller is highest in the binding-order.
- Posted by Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] on January 1st, 2006
Oliver Whiteman wrote:
> I am struggling to connect one laptop to our domain. Have connected
> over 20 desktops and laptops, but this one refuses.
>
> The option to change either workgroup name or domain is greyed out -
> all details there, just nothing can be changed.
>
> Have complete administrator rights
> Windows XP Professional
> All updates - including network drivers
> Clean of viruses and spyware
> Flummuxed IT department and support contractors!
>
> Any suggestions other than a clean install greatly appreciated
Where has this laptop been? Meaning, was it on another domain previously?
Any funky policy settings? Event log errors?
