Adding a 2005 Media Center PC to an XP Domain

[vbehler]

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

 

[Patrick Keenan]

"vbehler" <vbehler.3a1qpa@news.home.local> wrote in message
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> 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
>
>
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> vbehler
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[vbehler]

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

 

[Patrick Keenan]

"vbehler" <vbehler.3a1uva@news.home.local> wrote in message
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> 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

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> vbehler
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[Bruce Chambers]

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.



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