vbehler Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 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
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Re: Adding a 2005 Media Center PC to an XP Domain "vbehler" <vbehler.3a1qpa@news.home.local> wrote in message news:vbehler.3a1qpa@news.home.local... > > 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? 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 > > Cheers > > Vince Behler > > > -- > vbehler > Posted via http://ms-os.com Forum to Usenet gateway >
vbehler Posted May 27, 2008 Author Posted May 27, 2008 Re: Adding a 2005 Media Center PC to an XP Domain 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
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Re: Adding a 2005 Media Center PC to an XP Domain "vbehler" <vbehler.3a1uva@news.home.local> wrote in message news:vbehler.3a1uva@news.home.local... > > 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 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/2006/07/12/how-to-get-windows-media-center-2005-to-join-a-domain/ http://aryeltech.com/join-windows-xp-media-center-edition-2005-to-a-windows-domain/ HTH -pk > > -- > vbehler > Posted via http://ms-os.com Forum to Usenet gateway >
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Re: Adding a 2005 Media Center PC to an XP Domain vbehler wrote: > 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 > > Because WinXP MCE is specifically designed *not* to be able to join a domain, you'd have to downgrade the OS to WinXP Pro. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
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