Help - How to Join Domain

I hopw I'm posting in the right newsgroup.

One of my users decided to be smart and activate XP-Pro on his new laptop.
When asked if this was going to be part of domain, of course, he said "NO".

Now, I want to join his laptop to the domain, only when I click on My
Computer, Properties, Computer Name, Change, there is only one option, for a
workgroup - not for a domain.

I cheked the on-line help, but didn't find anything on how to tell XP-Pro
that I want to join a domain, so that it cn add that option in the "Member
Of" panel, in the above dialog.

I know this must sound so ignorant, but if anyone can point me in the right
direction, it would be great.

*M*

Doesn't sound like it is really XP Pro,...it sounds like it is XP
Home,...you'd better double check that.

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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
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"Mocacius" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I hopw I'm posting in the right newsgroup.
>
> One of my users decided to be smart and activate XP-Pro on his new laptop.
> When asked if this was going to be part of domain, of course, he said
"NO".
>
> Now, I want to join his laptop to the domain, only when I click on My
> Computer, Properties, Computer Name, Change, there is only one option, for
a
> workgroup - not for a domain.
>
> I cheked the on-line help, but didn't find anything on how to tell XP-Pro
> that I want to join a domain, so that it cn add that option in the "Member
> Of" panel, in the above dialog.
>
> I know this must sound so ignorant, but if anyone can point me in the
right
> direction, it would be great.
>
> *M*
>
>
>

I admitted being ignorant, to start with :-(( I just checked again. You
are right on the $$ and I am steaming. The sticker on the laptop indeed
says XP-Pro. The user just informed me that he had problems so he decided
to "restore" but he only had a restore CD for XP-Home (handy at the time),
but figured they are both from HP systems, so it wouldn't really matter.

Arrrrggghhhhh

So, the only way to set him up on the Domain, is to restore again, this time
from the correct, XP-PRO CD that came with his laptop. You gotta love it.

Thank you very much. Sometime we can't see the forrest for the trees :-(

*M*



"Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Doesn't sound like it is really XP Pro,...it sounds like it is XP
> Home,...you'd better double check that.
>
> --
> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> www.wandtv.com
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Understanding the ISA 2004 Access Rule Processing
> http://www.isaserver.org/articles/IS...cessRules.html
>
> Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Guidance
> http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2004.asp
> http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2000.asp
>
> Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Partners
> http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/partners/default.asp
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
> "Mocacius" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I hopw I'm posting in the right newsgroup.
>>
>> One of my users decided to be smart and activate XP-Pro on his new
>> laptop.
>> When asked if this was going to be part of domain, of course, he said
> "NO".
>>
>> Now, I want to join his laptop to the domain, only when I click on My
>> Computer, Properties, Computer Name, Change, there is only one option,
>> for
> a
>> workgroup - not for a domain.
>>
>> I cheked the on-line help, but didn't find anything on how to tell XP-Pro
>> that I want to join a domain, so that it cn add that option in the
>> "Member
>> Of" panel, in the above dialog.
>>
>> I know this must sound so ignorant, but if anyone can point me in the
> right
>> direction, it would be great.
>>
>> *M*
>>
>>
>>
>
>

"Mocacius" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eNz$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> Thank you very much. Sometime we can't see the forrest for the trees :-(

Good luck with it,...er, maybe good luck with the user ;-)

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Understanding the ISA 2004 Access Rule Processing
http://www.isaserver.org/articles/IS...cessRules.html

Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Guidance
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2004.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2000.asp

Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Partners
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/partners/default.asp
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